Japan vs China
Ref: A. Al Jassim
Match recap
Japan beat China 7–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Asia fixture. Endo, Mitoma, Minamino, Minamino, Ito, Maeda, and Kubo scored for Japan. Japan held 77% possession to 23% for China.
First Half
⚽
Endo
Assist: Kubo
18'
Yang Zexiang
Yellow Card
39'
Zhang Yuning
Yellow Card
⚽
Mitoma
Assist: Dōan
Second Half
46'
⇄
Xie Wenneng
⚽
Minamino
Assist: Mitoma
⚽
Minamino
61'
⇄
Wu Lei
61'
⇄
Xu Haoyang
61'
⇄
Zhang Yuning
⇄
Dōan
⇄
Mitoma
70'
Alan
Yellow Card
⇄
Endo
⇄
Itakura
76'
⇄
Li Yuanyi
⚽
Ito
Assist: Kubo
⇄
Ueda
⚽
Maeda
Assist: Ito
⚽
Kubo
Assist: Ito
Match Statistics
JapanChina
13Won
Statistical edge
13–2
battles won across 15 metrics
Attack6 · 0 won
17
Shots
1
9
Shots on target
0
13
Shots in the box
0
4
Shots outside box
1
7
Shots off goal
1
5
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
77%
Possession
23%
712
Total passes
215
640
Accurate passes
132
90%
Pass accuracy
61%
Discipline2 · 1 won
20
Fouls
9
0
Yellow cards
3
0
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
2
1
Blocked shots
0
Japan
3-4-2-1
China
4-4-2Japan
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1Z. SuzukiG
- 3S. TaniguchiD
- 4K. ItakuraD
- 5H. MoritaM
- 6W. EndoM
- 7K. MitomaM
- 8T. MinaminoF
- 9A. UedaF
- 10R. DōanM
- 16K. MachidaD
- 20T. KuboF
Substitutes
- 2Y. SugawaraD
- 11D. MaedaF
- 12K. OsakoG
- 13Keito NakamuraF
- 14J. ItoF
- 15D. KamadaM
- 17A. TanakaM
- 18T. AsanoF
- 19Koki OgawaF
- 21K. TakaiD
- 22Y. NakayamaD
- 23K. TaniG
China
4-4-2Starting XI
- 2Jiang GuangtaiD
- 5Zhu ChenjieD
- 7Wu LeiF
- 9Zhang YuningF
- 10Xu HaoyangM
- 14Wang DaleiG
- 15Yang ZexiangD
- 16Jiang ShenglongM
- 19Liu YangD
- 20Xie WennengM
- 21Li YuanyiM
Substitutes
- 1Yan JunlingG
- 3Gao ZhunyiD
- 4Li LeiD
- 6Wang ShangyuanM
- 8Wei ZhenD
- 11Lin LiangmingF
- 12Liu DianzuoG
- 13Wang HaijianM
- 18Han PengfeiD
- 22AlanF
- 23Behram AbduweliF
Japan
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takefusa Kubo | F | 90 | 9.9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2/4 |
| Takumi Minamino | F | 90 | 8.9 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 1/2 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | M | 63 | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/2 |
| Koki Machida | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shogo Taniguchi | D | 90 | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ko Itakura | D | 71 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Ritsu Doan | M | 63 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Wataru Endo(C) | M | 71 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Hidemasa Morita | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Ayase Ueda | F | 79 | 7.0 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2/2 |
| Zion Suzuki | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Daichi Kamada | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keisuke Osako | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kosei Tani | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keito Nakamura | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuta Nakayama | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Takuma Asano | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yukinari Sugawara | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Junya Ito | F | 27 | 8.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/2 |
| Daizen Maeda | F | 27 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Koki Ogawa | F | 11 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ao Tanaka | M | 19 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kota Takai | D | 19 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
China
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuanyi Li | M | 76 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wenneng Xie | M | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Wu Lei(C) | F | 61 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haoyang Xu | M | 61 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuning Zhang | F | 61 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Tyias Browning | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yang Liu | D | 90 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Shenglong Jiang | M | 90 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Zexiang Yang | D | 90 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dalei Wang | G | 90 | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Chenjie Zhu | D | 90 | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Zhen Wei | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Junling Yan | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lei Li | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haijian Wang | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dianzuo Liu | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liangming Lin | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pengfei Han | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alan | F | 29 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baihelamu Abuduwaili | F | 29 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Fernandinho | F | 29 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shangyuan Wang | M | 14 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhunyi Gao | D | 45 | 5.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |