AFC Asian Cup

FT Friday, February 1, 2019
Qatar WWWWW 3
–
Japan WWWWW 1
1st2ndT
QAT213
JPN011
Zayed Sports City Stadium · 36,776 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
20
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
13
0
Saves
0
38.5
Possession
61.5
9
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
248
Accurate Passes
409
327
Passes
493
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
8
3
Crosses
34
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
46
30
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
6
16
Effective Tackles
8
21
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
5
43
Effective Clearances
4
43
Clearances
4

Head to Head

JPN leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

JPN · 4-4-2

  1. 12Shuichi GondaG
  2. 22Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 16Takehiro TomiyasuCD-R
  4. 5Yuto NagatomoLB
  5. 19Hiroki SakaiRB
  6. 7Gaku ShibasakiCM-L
  7. 18Tsukasa ShiotaniCM-R
  8. 8Genki HaraguchiLM
  9. 21Ritsu DoanRM
  10. 9Takumi MinaminoCF-L
  11. 15Yuya OsakoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Sho SasakiSUB
  2. 1Masaaki HigashiguchiSUB
  3. 14Junya ItoSUB
  4. 13Yoshinori MutoSUB
  5. 20Tomoaki MakinoSUB
  6. 2Genta MiuraSUB
  7. 6Wataru EndoSUB
  8. 10Takashi InuiSUB
  9. 23Daniel SchmidtSUB
  10. 11Koya KitagawaSUB
  11. 3Sei MuroyaSUB

QAT · 5-3-2

  1. 1Saad Al-SheebG
  2. 16Boualem KhoukhiCD
  3. 4Tarek SalmanCD-L
  4. 15Bassam Al-RawiCD-R
  5. 3Abdelkarim HassanLB
  6. 2Pedro MiguelRB
  7. 23Assim MadiboCM
  8. 6Abdulaziz HatemCM-L
  9. 10Hassan Al-HaydosCM-R
  10. 19Almoez AliCF-L
  11. 11Akram AfifCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Salem Al-HajriSUB
  2. 17Abdelrahman MoustafaSUB
  3. 21Yousof HassanSUB
  4. 12Karim BoudiafSUB
  5. 8Hamid IsmailSUB
  6. 13Tameem Al MuhazaSUB
  7. 9Khaled MohammedSUB
  8. 18Abdulkareem SalemSUB
  9. 20Ali AfifSUB
  10. 7Ahmed AlaaeldinSUB
  11. 22Mohamed Al BakriSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Japan 0, Qatar 1. Almoez Ali (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Akram Hassan Afif.
  2. 20' Gaku Shibasaki (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Goal! Japan 0, Qatar 2. Abdelaziz Hatim (Qatar) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Akram Hassan Afif.
  4. 61' Substitution, Qatar. Salem Al Hajri replaces Boualem Khoukhi because of an injury.
  5. 62' Substitution, Japan. Yoshinori Muto replaces Genki Haraguchi.
  6. 69' Goal! Japan 1, Qatar 2. Takumi Minamino (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yuya Osako.
  7. 74' Substitution, Qatar. Karim Boudiaf replaces Hasan Al Haydos.
  8. 81' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  9. 82' Maya Yoshida (Japan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  10. 83' Goal! Japan 1, Qatar 3. Akram Hassan Afif (Qatar) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 84' Akram Hassan Afif (Qatar) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  12. 84' Substitution, Japan. Junya Ito replaces Tsukasa Shiotani.
  13. 86' Hiroki Sakai (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 89' Substitution, Japan. Takashi Inui replaces Takumi Minamino.
  15. 90'+3' Pedro Correia (Qatar) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+6' Substitution, Qatar. Ahmed Al Aaeldin replaces Almoez Ali.

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