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2022 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three
Japan
6-0-2
, 18 PTS
2
Winner Icon Japan
Saudi Arabia
6-1-1
, 19 PTS
0
Takumi Minamino
- 31'
Junya Ito
- 50'
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
JPN
KSA
No.
Name
12
Shuichi Gonda
4
Kou Itakura
19
Hiroki Sakai
5
Yuto Nagatomo
20
Yuta Nakayama
3
Shogo Taniguchi
10
Takumi Minamino
18
Takuma Asano
13
Hidemasa Morita
6
Wataru Endo
8
Genki Haraguchi
14
Junya Ito
17
Ao Tanaka
15
Yuya Osako
9
Daizen Maeda
Substitutes
11
Takefusa Kubo
21
Ritsu Doan
7
Gaku Shibasaki
1
Eiji Kawashima
23
Daniel Schmidt
16
Shinnosuke Nakatani
22
Miki Yamane
2
Naomichi Ueda
Game Information
Saitama Stadium 2002
10:14 AM, 1 February 2022
Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 19,118
Match Timeline
Japan
Saudi Arabia
4
21
23
31
50
55
68
74
75
78
90
FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings
Team
GP
W
D
L
GD
P
Jordan
2
1
1
0
+2
4
South Korea
2
1
1
0
+2
4
Iraq
2
1
1
0
+1
4
Kuwait
2
0
2
0
0
2
Palestine
2
0
1
1
-2
1
Oman
2
0
0
2
-3
0
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