Japan v Australia

2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three

JapanJapanJPN

6-2-1, 20 PTS

AustraliaAustraliaAUS

4-4-1, 16 PTS

Takuma Asano - 41'

Yosuke Ideguchi - 82'

No.Name
--Eiji Kawashima
19Hiroki Sakai
--Yuto Nagatomo
--Gen Shoji
22Maya Yoshida
24Yosuke Ideguchi
--Hotaru Yamaguchi
11Takashi Inui 8Genki Haraguchi
--Makoto Hasebe
--Yuya Osako 9Shinji Okazaki
18Takuma Asano 11Yuya Kubo

Substitutes
7Gaku Shibasaki
13Yu Kobayashi
20Tomoaki Makino
10Shinji Kagawa
4Keisuke Honda
6Genta Miura
12Masaaki Higashiguchi
23Kosuke Nakamura
21Gotoku Sakai

Saitama Stadium 2002

11:35 AM, 31 August 2017

Saitama, Japan

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Japan

Australia

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	+1	4
Iraq	2	1	1	0	+1	4
Indonesia	2	0	0	2	-2	0

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Japan v Australia

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Japan beat Australia, book World Cup spot

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FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

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