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Saudi Arabia

Competition:	WC Qualification Asia
Date:
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Venue:	Saitama Stadium 2002 (Saitama)
Half Time:	1 - 0
Full Time:	2 - 1

Attendance:	58420

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Team Starting Line-ups

	G	S. Nishikawa		G	Mohammed Al Owais
	D	Y. Nagatomo		D	Hassan Muath Fallatah
	D	M. Yoshida		D	Yasir Al Shahrani
	D	M. Morishige		D	Osama Hawsawi
	D	H. Sakai		D	Omar Hawsawi
	M	H. Yamaguchi		M	Abdulmalek Al Khaibri
	M	H. Kiyotake		M	Salman Al Faraj
	M	M. Hasebe		M	Yehya Al Shehri
	M	G. Haraguchi		M	Nawaf Al Abid
	A	Y. Kubo		M	Taisir Al Jassim
	A	Y. Ōsako		A	Mohammad Al Sahlawi
Coach: V. Halilhodžić			Coach: B. van Marwijk

Substitutes

G	M. Higashiguchi	G	Assaf Al Qarni
G	E. Kawashima	G	Waleed Abdullah
D	Y. Maruyama	D	Motaz Hawsawi
D	G. Sakai	D	Mohammed Al Burayk
D	T. Makino	D	Mohammed Jahfali
M	M. Saito	D	Mansour Al Harbi
M	R. Nagaki	M	Hussain Al Mogahwi
M	Y. Kobayashi	M	Abdulmajeed Al Ruwaili
M	K. Honda	A	Salman Al Moasher
M	S. Kagawa	A	Fahad Al Muwallad
M	T. Asano	A	Nasser Al Shamrani
A	S. Okazaki	A	Naif Hazazi

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Match Officials - Referees

Referees decisions can influence the match results. There are some referees whom are biased against Japan and Saudi Arabia. You can check if your favourite referee is officiating this football match.

Referee:	M. Jahari
Assistant referee:	R. Min Kiat
Assistant referee:	L. Ziliang
Fourth official:	S. Singh

Goals

H. Kiyotake (Penalty) 45'	1 - 0
G. Haraguchi 80'	2 - 0
	2 - 1	90' Omar Hawsawi

Disciplinary Action

		9' Abdulmalek Al Khaibri
		10' Hassan Muath Fallatah
		48' Osama Hawsawi
H. Sakai 88'
		90+3' Osama Hawsawi
		90+3' Nasser Al Shamrani

Head to Head Summary

Team	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	Score	Goals Scored	Goals Allowed
Japan	7	4	0	3	13:7	1.86	1
Saudi Arabia	7	3	0	4	7:13	1	1.86

Japan vs Saudi Arabia 1x2 In-Play Odds

Check live odds comparison for pre-match and In-Play odds for Asian Handicap, Total Goals Over/Under, Half-Time/Full-Time, Odd/Even, Double Chance, Correct Score, First Team to Score and Last Team to Score.

Japan to win	Draw	Saudi Arabia to win
-1999	650	4400

High Alert on Match Dominated by One Team

Minutes	Criteria	Value	Dominant Team
5'	Dangerous Attacks	3	Japan
5'	Ball Possession	72%	Japan
61'	Corner Kicks	3	Japan

Live In-Play Match Statistics

Comprehensive real-time match stats to give you a winning edge. Based on our experience, the total number of shots may increase the team winning chance.

Japan		Saudi Arabia
2	Goals		1

1	Penalties		0

54%	Ball Possession		46%

75	Attacks		67

39	Dangerous Attacks		21

2	Shots Blocked		0

4	Shots Off Target		0

6	Shots On Target		2

1	Shots Hit Woodwork		0

6	Corner Kicks		1

12	Free Kicks		15

2	Goal Kicks		13

2	Offsides		1

19	Throw ins		26

13	Fouls Committed		11

1	Yellow Cards		4

0	Yellow Red cards		1

Match Commentary

		9' Abdulmalek Al Khaibri
		10' Hassan Muath Fallatah
H. Kiyotake (Penalty) 45'	1 - 0
Y. Kubo 46'
K. Honda 46'
		48' Osama Hawsawi
		57' Yehya Al Shehri
		57' Fahad Al Muwallad
H. Kiyotake 64'
S. Kagawa 64'
		70' Abdulmalek Al Khaibri
		70' Abdulmajeed Al Ruwaili
		79' Taisir Al Jassim
		79' Nasser Al Shamrani
G. Haraguchi 80' (assist by S. Kagawa)	2 - 0
H. Sakai 88'
	2 - 1	90' Omar Hawsawi
Y. Ōsako 90+3'
S. Okazaki 90+3'
		90+3' Osama Hawsawi
		90+3' Nasser Al Shamrani

Football Charting Analysis

The graph compares the results of Japan and Saudi Arabia in WC Qualification Asia.

WC Qualification Asia 2nd Round 2018 Russia Table

Saudi Arabia are in the 1st position of WC Qualification Asia and they are in contention for Next round.

Japan are in the 1st position of WC Qualification Asia and they are in contention for Next round.

Group A

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Saudi Arabia	8	6	2	0	28	4	+24	20
2	UAE	8	5	2	1	25	4	+21	17
3	Palestine	8	3	3	2	22	6	+16	12
4	Malaysia	8	1	1	6	3	30	-27	4
5	Timor-Leste	8	0	2	6	2	36	-34	2

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Group B

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Australia	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21
2	Jordan	8	5	1	2	21	7	+14	16
3	Kyrgyzstan	8	4	2	2	10	8	+2	14
4	Tajikistan	8	1	2	5	9	20	-11	5
5	Bangladesh	8	0	1	7	2	32	-30	1

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Group C

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Qatar	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21
2	China PR	8	5	2	1	27	1	+26	17
3	Hong Kong	8	4	2	2	13	5	+8	14
4	Maldives	8	2	0	6	8	20	-12	6
5	Bhutan	8	0	0	8	5	52	-47	0

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Group D

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Iran	8	6	2	0	26	3	+23	20
2	Oman	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	14
3	Turkmenistan	8	4	1	3	10	11	-1	13
4	Guam	8	2	1	5	3	16	-13	7
5	India	8	1	0	7	5	18	-13	3

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Group E

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Japan	8	7	1	0	27	0	+27	22
2	Syria	8	6	0	2	26	11	+15	18
3	Singapore	8	3	1	4	9	9	+0	10
4	Afghanistan	8	3	0	5	8	24	-16	9
5	Cambodia	8	0	0	8	1	27	-26	0

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Group F

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Thailand	6	4	2	0	14	6	+8	14
2	Iraq	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12
3	Vietnam	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	7
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	5	19	-14	0

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Group G

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Korea Republic	8	8	0	0	27	0	+27	24
2	Lebanon	8	3	2	3	12	6	+6	11
3	Kuwait	8	3	1	4	12	10	+2	10
4	Myanmar	8	2	2	4	9	21	-12	8
5	Laos	8	1	1	6	6	29	-23	4

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Group H

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Uzbekistan	8	7	0	1	20	7	+13	21
2	Korea DPR	8	5	1	2	14	8	+6	16
3	Philippines	8	3	1	4	8	12	-4	10
4	Bahrain	8	3	0	5	10	10	+0	9
5	Yemen	8	1	0	7	2	17	-15	3

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WC Qualification Asia 3rd Round 2018 Russia Table

Japan are in the 1st position of WC Qualification Asia and they are in contention for World Cup.

Saudi Arabia are in the 2nd position of WC Qualification Asia and they are in contention for World Cup.

Group A

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Iran	10	6	4	0	10	2	+8	22
2	Korea Republic	10	4	3	3	11	10	+1	15
3	Syria	10	3	4	3	9	8	+1	13
4	Uzbekistan	10	4	1	5	6	7	-1	13
5	China PR	10	3	3	4	8	10	-2	12
6	Qatar	10	2	1	7	8	15	-7	7

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Group B

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Japan	10	6	2	2	17	7	+10	20
2	Saudi Arabia	10	6	1	3	17	10	+7	19
3	Australia	10	5	4	1	16	11	+5	19
4	UAE	10	4	1	5	10	13	-3	13
5	Iraq	10	3	2	5	11	12	-1	11
6	Thailand	10	0	2	8	6	24	-18	2

World Cup

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