Australia vs Japan

WC Qualification Asia - 3rd Round 24 Mar 2022, 09:10
Australia
Australia
0–2
HT 0–0
FULL TIME
Japan
Japan
🏟 Stadium Australia (Sydney) 👤 Nawaf Shukralla Round 9

Match report

Japan beat Australia 2-0 in the WC Qualification Asia - 3rd Round on 24 March 2022. The game was goalless at the break before all 2 goals arrived after half-time.

Japan had 19 shots to Australia's 9.

The match was played at Stadium Australia (Sydney), with Nawaf Shukralla in charge.

Half-time 0-0 Possession 43% - 57% Shots 9 - 19 On target 3 - 7 Corners 4 - 3 Fouls 11 - 15 Yellow cards 3
9
Player of the match
Kaoru Mitoma
Japan · 2 goals
8 Shuichi Gonda 3 saves
7 Trent Sainsbury captained the side
7 Milos Degenek captained the side
7 Joel King captained the side
First half vs second half
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 6–11 3–8
Shots On Goal 2–2 1–5
Ball Possession 41–59 —
Corners 3–0 1–3
Attacks 66–66 44–49
Match statistics
5 Substitution 4
110 Attacks 115
26 Dangerous Attacks 59
4 On Target 6
6 Off Target 16
9 Shots Total 19
3 Shots On Goal 7
4 Shots Off Goal 11
2 Shots Blocked 1
4 Shots Inside Box 13
5 Shots Outside Box 6
11 Fouls 15
4 Corners 3
0 Offsides 5
43% Ball Possession 57%
2 Yellow Cards 1
4 Saves 3
398 Passes Total 521
306 Passes Accurate 425
Line-ups 4-4-2  vs  4-1-4-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Australia · 4-4-2
1 M. Ryan
4 R. Grant 20 T. Sainsbury 2 M. Degenek 13 J. King
6 M. Boyle 19 G. Stensness 3 C. Metcalfe 11 A. Mabil
10 A. Hrustic 15 M. Duke
Japan · 4-1-4-1
12 S. Gonda
16 M. Yamane 4 Ko Itakura 22 M. Yoshida 5 Y. Nagatomo
6 W. Endo
14 J. Ito 17 Ao Tanaka 13 H. Morita 10 T. Minamino
18 T. Asano
Australia
Coach
G. Arnold
Substitutes
  • 12 Andrew Redmayne
  • 18 Danny Vukovic
  • 16 Aziz Behich
  • 7 Alex Wilkinson
  • 5 Fran Karacic
  • 8 James Jeggo
  • 23 Kenneth Dougall
  • 22 Ben Folami
  • 17 Denis Genreau
  • 14 Bruno Fornaroli
  • 21 Marco Tilio
  • 9 Jamie MacLaren
Japan
Coach
H. Moriyasu
Substitutes
  • 23 Daniel Schmidt
  • 1 Eiji Kawashima
  • 20 Yuta Nakayama
  • 3 Shogo Taniguchi
  • 19 Sho Sasaki
  • 2 Naomichi Ueda
  • 21 Kaoru Mitoma
  • 7 Gaku Shibasaki
  • 8 Genki Haraguchi
  • 15 Reo Hatate
  • 11 Takefusa Kubo
  • 9 Ayase Ueda
Substitutions
  • 46' ↑ J. Jeggo ↓ C. Metcalfe Australia
  • 63' ↑ Y. Nakayama ↓ Y. Nagatomo Japan
  • 63' ↑ A. Ueda ↓ T. Asano Japan
  • 68' ↑ B. Fornaroli ↓ M. Duke Australia
  • 68' ↑ M. Tilio ↓ A. Mabil Australia
  • 84' ↑ J. Maclaren ↓ M. Boyle Australia
  • 84' ↑ G. Haraguchi ↓ A. Tanaka Japan
  • 84' ↑ K. Mitoma ↓ T. Minamino Japan
  • 90' ↑ Ben Folami ↓ G. Stensness Australia
Cards
  • 10' Y. Nagatomo Japan
  • 15' C. Metcalfe Australia
  • 54' G. Stensness Australia
Head-to-head
Australia 1 1 draws 2 Japan
2025-06-05 Australia vs Japan 1 - 0
2024-10-15 Japan vs Australia 1 - 1
2022-03-24 Australia vs Japan 0 - 2
2021-10-12 Japan vs Australia 2 - 1
Recent form
Australia W W W W W
Japan D D W W L
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Australia vs Japan?
Australia lost 0-2 against Japan on 24 March 2022.
Who won Australia vs Japan?
Japan won the match 2-0.
Where was Australia vs Japan played?
The match was played at Stadium Australia (Sydney).
Who had more possession in Australia vs Japan?
Japan had 57% of possession, compared to 43% for the other side.