FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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

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Australia
  • 52': Mile Jedinak (P)
FT
1 - 1
Japan
  • 5': Genki Haraguchi

Mile Jedinak's penalty gives Australia 1-1 draw against Japan

AFC World Cup Qualifying

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Marvel Stadium
Location: Melbourne, Australia

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

AUS Australia

No. Name
1 Mathew Ryan (GK)
19 Ryan McGowan Yellow Card
14 Brad Smith
6 Matthew Spiranovic
20 Trent Sainsbury
23 Tom Rogic
15 Mile Jedinak
13 Aaron Mooy
21 Massimo Luongo Yellow Card
9 Apostolos Giannou
9 Tomi Juric
Australia Substitutes:
Mitch Langerak, Adam Federici, Alex Gersbach, Bailey Wright, James Jeggo, Jackson Irvine, Christopher Ikonomidis, Mark Milligan, Tim Cahill, Craig Goodwin, Mathew Leckie, Robbie Kruse.

JPN Japan

No. Name
12 Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
22 Maya Yoshida
6 Masato Morishige
5 Tomoaki Makino Yellow Card
21 Gotoku Sakai
16 Hotaru Yamaguchi
17 Makoto Hasebe
10 Shinji Kagawa
13 Yu Kobayashi
Genki Haraguchi
4 Keisuke Honda
Japan Substitutes:
Eiji Kawashima, Masaaki Higashiguchi, Kosuke Ota, Naomichi Ueda, Yuichi Maruyama, Yosuke Kashiwagi, Manabu Saito, Ryota Oshima, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Kensuke Nagai, Shinji Okazaki, Takuma Asano.

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