Japan vs Bahrain, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Japan

66': Daichi Kamada
87': Takefusa Kubo

FT
2 - 0

Bahrain

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Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 58,137

Line-Ups

Japan (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Zion Suzuki (GK)
4	Kou Itakura
21	Hiroki Ito
22	Ayumu Seko
5	Hidemasa Morita
6	Wataru Endo
7	Kaoru Mitoma
10	Ritsu Doan
9	Ayase Ueda
8	Takumi Minamino
20	Takefusa Kubo

Japan Substitutes:

Junya Ito, Kosei Tani, Keisuke Osako, Yuta Nakayama, Kota Takai, Daizen Maeda, Yukinari Sugawara, Ao Tanaka, Reo Hatate, Keito Nakamura, Daichi Kamada, Shuto Machino.

Bahrain (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Ebrahim Lutfalla (GK)
3	Waleed Al-Hayam
2	Amine Benaddi
23	Abdulla Al Khalasi
5	Hamed Al-Shamsan
8	Mohamed Marhoon
10	Komail Al-Aswad
4	Sayed Dhiya Saeed
12	Mahdi Abduljabbar
20	Mahdi Al-Humaidan
7	Ali Jaafar Madan

Bahrain Substitutes:

Abdulkarim Fardan, Sayed Mahdi Baqer, Husain Abdulkarim, Ismail Abdullatif, Sayed Mohamed Jaafar, Vincent Ani Emmanuel, Ibrahim Al Khatal, Ali Abdula Haram, Jasim Al-Shaikh, Hazaa Ali, Mohamed Al-Romaihi, Sayed Al Wadaei.

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