Japan 2-0 Australia (31 Aug, 2017) Final Score

Australia

Japan beat Australia, book World Cup spot

Son Heung-Min lauds Palestine spirit as example to follow

Why Asian champions Qatar are struggling in the World Cup qualifiers is anyone's guess

World Cup qualifiers Asia: Will Australia miss 2026? Who is Son's heir?

Japan

Australia

Japan beat Australia, book World Cup spot

Son Heung-Min lauds Palestine spirit as example to follow

Why Asian champions Qatar are struggling in the World Cup qualifiers is anyone's guess

World Cup qualifiers Asia: Will Australia miss 2026? Who is Son's heir?

Match Formations

Game Information

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FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

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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

AFC World Cup Qualifying

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Japan

Australia

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