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Competition:	WC Qualification Asia
Date:
Day:
Kick Off:
Venue:	Marvel Stadium (Melbourne)
Half Time:	0 - 1
Full Time:	1 - 1

Attendance:	48460

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Overall Form

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Overall Form

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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 Australia or Japan is playing better.

Team Starting Line-ups

	G	M. Ryan		G	S. Nishikawa
	D	R. McGowan		D	G. Sakai
	D	B. Smith		D	M. Yoshida
	D	M. Špiranović		D	T. Makino
	D	T. Sainsbury		D	M. Morishige
	M	M. Jedinak		M	M. Hasebe
	M	M. Luongo		M	H. Yamaguchi
	M	A. Mooy		M	K. Honda
	M	T. Rogić		M	S. Kagawa
	A	T. Jurić		M	G. Haraguchi
	A	A. Giannou		A	Y. Kobayashi
Coach: A. Postecoglou			Coach: V. Halilhodžić

Substitutes

G	A. Federici	G	M. Higashiguchi
G	M. Langerak	G	E. Kawashima
D	B. Wright	D	K. Ota
D	A. Gersbach	D	N. Ueda
M	C. Ikonomidis	D	Y. Maruyama
M	M. Leckie	M	M. Saito
M	M. Milligan	M	R. Oshima
M	J. Irvine	M	H. Kiyotake
M	J. Jeggo	M	T. Asano
A	T. Cahill	M	Y. Kashiwagi
A	C. Goodwin	M	R. Nagaki
A	R. Kruse	A	S. Okazaki

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represents the top assist, also known as the playmaker of the team.

Match Officials - Referees

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

Referee:	Nawaf Shukralla
Assistant referee:	Yaser Tulefat
Assistant referee:	Ebrahim Saleh
Fourth official:	Ammar Ebrahim Mahfoodh

Goals

	0 - 1	5' G. Haraguchi
M. Jedinak (Penalty) 52'	1 - 1

Disciplinary Action

R. McGowan 40'
M. Luongo 45+2'
		87' T. Makino

Head to Head Summary

Team	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	Score	Goals Scored	Goals Allowed
Australia	12	2	6	4	12:14	1	1.17
Japan	12	4	6	2	14:12	1.17	1

Australia vs Japan 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.

Australia to win	Draw	Japan to win
500	-555	675

High Alert on Match Dominated by One Team

Minutes	Criteria	Value	Dominant Team
5'	Dangerous Attacks	4	Japan
5'	Ball Possession	65%	Australia

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.

Australia		Japan
1	Goals		1

1	Penalties		0

67%	Ball Possession		33%

86	Attacks		72

39	Dangerous Attacks		31

2	Shots Blocked		0

5	Shots Off Target		2

2	Shots On Target		3

4	Corner Kicks		3

21	Free Kicks		21

3	Goal Kicks		7

2	Offsides		5

31	Throw ins		21

19	Fouls Committed		16

2	Yellow Cards		1

Match Commentary

	0 - 1	5' G. Haraguchi (assist by K. Honda)
R. McGowan 40'
M. Luongo 45+2'
M. Jedinak (Penalty) 52'	1 - 1
A. Giannou 57'
R. Kruse 57'
T. Jurić 70'
T. Cahill 70'
		81' Y. Kobayashi
		81' H. Kiyotake
A. Mooy 82'
M. Leckie 82'
		84' K. Honda
		84' T. Asano
		87' T. Makino
		90+2' G. Haraguchi
		90+2' Y. Maruyama

Football Charting Analysis

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

WC Qualification Asia 2nd Round 2018 Russia Table

Australia 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.

Australia are in the 3rd position of WC Qualification Asia and they are in contention for playoff.

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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