2 - 0

Australia

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

Attendance:	59492

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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 Australia is playing better.

Team Starting Line-ups

	G	E. Kawashima		G	M. Ryan
	D	H. Sakai		D	T. Sainsbury
	D	M. Yoshida		D	M. Špiranović
	D	Y. Nagatomo		D	B. Smith
	D	G. Shōji		M	M. Milligan
	M	Y. Ideguchi		M	T. Rogić
	M	H. Yamaguchi		M	J. Irvine
	M	M. Hasebe		M	M. Luongo
	M	T. Inui		M	M. Leckie
	M	T. Asano		A	J. Troisi
	A	Y. Ōsako		A	R. Kruse
Coach: V. Halilhodžić			Coach: A. Postecoglou

Substitutes

G	M. Higashiguchi	G	D. Vuković
G	K. Nakamura	G	A. Federici
D	T. Makino	D	M. Degenek
D	G. Miura	D	A. Gersbach
D	G. Sakai	D	R. McGowan
M	K. Honda	D	B. Wright
M	G. Haraguchi	M	M. Amini
M	S. Kagawa	A	T. Cahill
M	Y. Kobayashi	A	T. Jurić
M	G. Shibasaki	A	A. Mabil
A	Y. Kubo	A	J. MacLaren
A	S. Okazaki

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

Match Officials - Referees

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Referee:	A. Faghani
Assistant referee:	R. Sokhandan
Assistant referee:	M. Mansouri
Fourth official:	M. Bonyadifar

Goals

T. Asano 41'	1 - 0
Y. Ideguchi 82'	2 - 0

Disciplinary Action

Y. Ōsako 44'
		90' R. Kruse

Head to Head Summary

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

Japan vs Australia 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	Australia to win
-714	400	2700

High Alert on Match Dominated by One Team

Minutes	Criteria	Value	Dominant Team
6'	Dangerous Attacks	3	Japan
6'	Ball Possession	74%	Japan
16'	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		Australia
2	Goals		0

44%	Ball Possession		56%

79	Attacks		78

35	Dangerous Attacks		35

3	Shots Blocked		1

9	Shots Off Target		1

3	Shots On Target		2

1	Shots Hit Woodwork		1

8	Corner Kicks		3

13	Free Kicks		7

6	Goal Kicks		15

1	Offsides		0

19	Throw ins		33

6	Fouls Committed		13

1	Yellow Cards		0

3	Substitutions		3

Match Commentary

T. Asano 41' (assist by Y. Nagatomo)	1 - 0
Y. Ōsako 44'
		61' J. Troisi
		61' T. Jurić
		70' T. Rogić
		70' T. Cahill
T. Inui 75'
G. Haraguchi 75'
Y. Ideguchi 82' (assist by G. Haraguchi)	2 - 0
		86' J. Irvine
		86' M. Amini
Y. Ōsako 87'
S. Okazaki 87'
T. Asano 89'
Y. Kubo 89'
		90' R. Kruse

Football Charting Analysis

The graph compares the results of Japan and Australia 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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