Japan

5 - 0

Afghanistan

Competition:	WC Qualification Asia
Date:
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Venue:	Saitama Stadium 2002 (Saitama)
Half Time:	1 - 0
Full Time:	5 - 0

Attendance:	48967

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Following our match statistics is like watching the live soccer match on TV. Without emotions involved, you can make an informed betting decision by knowing if Japan or Afghanistan is playing better.

Team Starting Line-ups

	G	M. Higashiguchi		G	Ovays Azizi
	D	H. Sakai		D	Hassan Amin
	D	M. Morishige		D	Mohammad Sharif
	D	M. Yoshida		D	Sayed Hashimi
	D	Y. Nagatomo		M	Faysal Shayesteh
	M	G. Haraguchi		M	Masih Saighani
	M	H. Kiyotake		M	Zubayr Amiri
	M	M. Hasebe		M	Kanischka Taher
	M	M. Kanazaki		M	Modjieb Jamali
	M	Y. Kashiwagi		A	Mohamed Joseph Shirdel
	A	S. Okazaki		A	Mustafa Hadid
Coach: V. Halilhodžić			Coach: O. Pfister

Substitutes

G	A. Hayashi	G	Hamidullah Wakily
G	S. Nishikawa	G	Emal Gariwal
D	G. Shōji	D	Abassin Alikhil
D	H. Fujiharu	D	Abdullah Abdalli
D	G. Sakai	D	Roholla Iqbalzadeh
D	T. Makino	M	Ahmad Arash Hatifi
M	H. Yamaguchi	M	Anoush Dastgir
M	K. Honda	M	Fardin Hakimi
M	S. Kagawa	M	Norlla Amiri
M	T. Usami	M	Omid Popalzay
A	M. Havenaar	A	Khaibar Amani
A	Y. Kobayashi	A	Mustafa Zazai

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Match Officials - Referees

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Referee:	Mohanad Sarray
Assistant referee:	Fahad Al Amri
Assistant referee:	Khalaf Al Shamari
Fourth official:	Zaid Thamer Mohammed

Goals

S. Okazaki 43'	1 - 0
H. Kiyotake 59'	2 - 0
Mohammad Sharif (Own Goal) 63'	3 - 0
M. Yoshida 74'	4 - 0
M. Kanazaki 78'	5 - 0

Head to Head Summary

Team	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	Score	Goals Scored	Goals Allowed
Japan	2	2	0	0	11:0	5.5	0
Afghanistan	2	0	0	2	0:11	0	5.5

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		Afghanistan
5	Goals		0

76%	Ball Possession		24%

102	Attacks		35

73	Dangerous Attacks		8

6	Shots Blocked		0

7	Shots Off Target		1

13	Shots On Target		0

1	Shots Hit Woodwork		0

15	Corner Kicks		1

12	Free Kicks		16

4	Goal Kicks		12

1	Offsides		1

25	Throw ins		22

15	Fouls Committed		11

Match Commentary

		31' Mustafa Hadid
		31' Mustafa Zazai
S. Okazaki 43'	1 - 0
H. Kiyotake 59'	2 - 0
Mohammad Sharif (Own Goal) 63'	3 - 0
		65' Mohamed Joseph Shirdel
		65' Norlla Amiri
Y. Kashiwagi 65'
S. Kagawa 65'
S. Okazaki 72'
M. Havenaar 72'
M. Yoshida 74'	4 - 0
		75' Kanischka Taher
		75' Ahmad Arash Hatifi
M. Kanazaki 78'	5 - 0
M. Kanazaki 81'
Y. Kobayashi 81'

Football Charting Analysis

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

WC Qualification Asia 2nd Round 2018 Russia Table

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

Afghanistan are in the 4th position of WC Qualification Asia.

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.

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

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