Japan vs Saudi Arabia, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Japan

31': Takumi Minamino
50': Junya Ito

FT
2 - 0

Saudi Arabia

About

Japan are hosting Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 19,118

WCQ - AFC Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Saudi Arabia	2	+1	4
2	Iraq	2	+1	4
3	Indonesia	2	-2	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Japan

No.	Name
12	Shuichi Gonda (GK)
4	Kou Itakura
19	Hiroki Sakai
5	Yuto Nagatomo
3	Shogo Taniguchi
10	Takumi Minamino
13	Hidemasa Morita
6	Wataru Endo
14	Junya Ito
17	Ao Tanaka
15	Yuya Osako

Japan Substitutes:

Genki Haraguchi, Takefusa Kubo, Ritsu Doan, Yuta Nakayama, Takuma Asano, Gaku Shibasaki, Eiji Kawashima, Daniel Schmidt, Daizen Maeda, Shinnosuke Nakatani, Miki Yamane, Naomichi Ueda.

Saudi Arabia

No.	Name
21	Mohammed Al-Owais (GK)
13	Yasser Al-Shahrani
5	Ali Al-Bulayhi
2	Sultan Al-Ghannam
4	Abdulelah Al-Amri
15	Ali Al-Hassan
23	Mohamed Kanno
10	Salem Al-Dawsari
8	Abdulelah Al-Malki
19	Fahad Al-Muwallad
9	Feras Al-Brikan

Saudi Arabia Substitutes:

Mohammed Al-Yami, Mohammed Al-Burayk, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Ziyad Al Sahafi, Saud Abdulhamid, Sami Al-Najei, Ahmed Sharahili, Haitham Asiri, Hatan Bahbri, Fawaz Al-Qarni, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Abdullah Al-Khaibari.

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