FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Japan vs Australia, 2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three

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Japan
  • 41': Takuma Asano
  • 82': Yosuke Ideguchi
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Australia

    Japan beat Australia to book 2018 World Cup spot

    AFC World Cup Qualifying

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

    Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
    Location: Saitama, Japan

    WCQ - AFC Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 South Korea 8 +7 16
    2 Jordan 8 +6 13
    3 Iraq 8 +1 12
    4 Oman 8 -2 10
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    JPN Japan

    No. Name
    Eiji Kawashima (GK)
    19 Hiroki Sakai
    Yuto Nagatomo
    Gen Shoji
    22 Maya Yoshida
    24 Yosuke Ideguchi
    Hotaru Yamaguchi
    11 Takashi Inui
    Makoto Hasebe
    Yuya Osako Yellow Card
    18 Takuma Asano
    Japan Substitutes:
    Gaku Shibasaki, Yu Kobayashi, Genki Haraguchi, Tomoaki Makino, Shinji Kagawa, Shinji Okazaki, Yuya Kubo, Keisuke Honda, Genta Miura, Masaaki Higashiguchi, Kosuke Nakamura, Gotoku Sakai.

    AUS Australia

    No. Name
    1 Mathew Ryan (GK)
    5 Mark Milligan
    6 Matthew Spiranovic
    3 Brad Smith
    20 Trent Sainsbury
    23 Tom Rogic
    22 Jackson Irvine
    7 Mathew Leckie
    21 Massimo Luongo
    10 Robbie Kruse Yellow Card
    14 James Troisi
    Australia Substitutes:
    Tomi Juric, Danny Vukovic, Awer Mabil, Adam Federici, Alex Gersbach, Dylan McGowan, Milos Degenek, Bailey Wright, Tim Cahill, Jamie Maclaren, Mustafa Amini.

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