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Arabie Saoudite 1-0 Japon - October 07, 2021 / Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022

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Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022 - Journée 3 - Groupe B 2e phase

King Abdullah Sports City - Djeddah - Saudi Arabia

October 07, 2021

51 218

1 - 0

Japon

Japan

(left foot) Firas Al Birakan

71'

logo Arabie Saoudite AS

59' - Substitution Takuma Asanois substituted by Genki Haraguchi photo Kyogo Furuhashi

59' - Substitution Takumi Minaminois substituted by Kyogo Furuhashi

64' - Substitution Saleh Al Shehriis substituted by Firas Al Birakan photo Sami Al Najai

64' - Substitution Abdulrahman Ghareebis substituted by Sami Al Najai64

71' - Goal Firas Al Birakan71

73' - Substitution Gaku Shibasakiis substituted by Hidemasa Morita photo Ado Onaiwu

73' - Substitution Daichi Kamadais substituted by Ado Onaiwu

86' - Substitution Abdulelah Al Malkiis substituted by Nasser Al Dawsari86

87' - Substitution Fahd Al Muwalladis substituted by Saud Abdul Hamid87

91' - Substitution Yuto Nagatomois substituted by Yuta Nakayama

93' - Substitution Salman Al Farajis substituted by Ali Al Bulayhi93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arabie Saoudite

1 - 0

Japon

Arabie Saoudite Japon

Team line-ups

Arabie Saoudite

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Al Shehri64

Saleh Al Shehri

Saudi Arabia

B.date01/11/1993

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

18Ghareeb64

Abdulrahman Ghareeb

Saudi Arabia

B.date31/03/1997

Age24 years

H1m65

positionLeft Winger

7Al Faraj90+3

Salman Al Faraj

Saudi Arabia

B.date01/08/1989

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

19Al Muwallad87

Fahd Al Muwallad

Saudi Arabia

B.date14/09/1994

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Al Malki86

Abdulelah Al Malki

Saudi Arabia

B.date11/10/1994

Age26 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

23Kanno

Mohamed Kanno

Saudi Arabia

B.date22/09/1994

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

13Al Shahrani

Yaser Al Shahrani

Saudi Arabia

B.date25/05/1992

Age29 years

H1m71

positionFull-back

3Madu

Abdullah Madu

Saudi Arabia

B.date15/07/1993

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

17Al Amri

Abdulelah Al Amri

Saudi Arabia

B.date15/01/1997

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Al Ghanam

Sultan Al Ghanam

Saudi Arabia

B.date06/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

21Al Owais

Mohammed Al Owais

Saudi Arabia

B.date10/10/1991

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Mohammed Al Owais		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Abdulelah Al Amri		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abdullah Madu		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sultan Al Ghanam		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Yaser Al Shahrani		29	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Abdulelah Al Malki	86	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Salman Al Faraj	90+3	32	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Mohamed Kanno		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Fahd Al Muwallad	87	27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Saleh Al Shehri	64	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	64	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Japon

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Osako

Yuya Osako

Japan

B.date18/05/1990

Age31 years

H1m82

positionSecond striker

10Minamino59

Takumi Minamino

Japan

B.date16/01/1995

Age26 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

18Asano59

Takuma Asano

Japan

B.date10/11/1994

Age26 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

9Kamada73

Daichi Kamada

Japan

B.date05/08/1996

Age25 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

6Endo

Wataru Endo

Japan

B.date09/02/1993

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Shibasaki73

Gaku Shibasaki

Japan

B.date28/05/1992

Age29 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

5Nagatomo90+1

Yuto Nagatomo

Japan

B.date12/09/1986

Age35 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

16Tomiyasu

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Japan

B.date05/11/1998

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

22Yoshida

Maya Yoshida

Japan

B.date24/08/1988

Age33 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

19Sakai

Hiroki Sakai

Japan

B.date12/04/1990

Age31 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

12Gonda

Shuichi Gonda

Japan

B.date03/03/1989

Age32 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Shuichi Gonda		32	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Takehiro Tomiyasu		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Maya Yoshida		33	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Yuto Nagatomo	90+1	35	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Hiroki Sakai		31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Wataru Endo		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Gaku Shibasaki	73	29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Daichi Kamada	73	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Takuma Asano	59	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Takumi Minamino	59	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Yuya Osako		31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Zaid Al Bawardi		24
22	G	Fawaz Al Qarni		29
5	D	Ali Al Bulayhi	90+3	31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mohamed Al Khabrani		27
14	D	Hussain Qasim		24
12	D	Saud Abdul Hamid	87	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Nasser Al Dawsari	86	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sami Al Najai	64	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ayman Yahya		20
9	F	Firas Al Birakan	7164	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Abdulrahman Al Obod		26
10	F	Mohamed Al Kuwaykibi		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Eiji Kawashima		38
23	G	Kosei Tani		20
20	D	Yuta Nakayama	90+1	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Naomichi Ueda		26
4	D	Ko Itakura		24
3	D	Sei Muroya		27
13	M	Hidemasa Morita	73	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ao Tanaka		23
14	M	Koji Miyoshi		24
8	F	Genki Haraguchi	59	30	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Ado Onaiwu	73	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kyogo Furuhashi	59	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Abdulrahman Ghareeb

Salem Al Dawsari

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hiroki Sakai

Sei Muroya

OUT

Takuma Asano

Junya Ito

OUT

Takumi Minamino

Kyogo Furuhashi

OUT

Daichi Kamada

Takefusa Kubo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hervé Renard

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Renard vs Japon

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2021

Renard vs Moriyasu

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Hajime Moriyasu

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Moriyasu vs Arabie Saoudite

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2021

Moriyasu vs Renard

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2021

Referee

Adham Makhadmeh

2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Arabie Saoudite4 matches	General total	Japon1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Arabie Saoudite2 matches	Season total	Japon1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 16, 2022					Latest figure on October 07, 2021

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Key figures

Arabie Saoudite keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Japon running (since 15/11/2016). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/09/2006-25/07/2007 time period (3 matches).

It's the first time Firas Al Birakan scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Arabie Saoudite keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Japon in Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie running (since 15/11/2016). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

	1	Australie	9 pts	3 rd
	2	Arabie Saoudite	9 pts	3 rd
	3	Japon	3 pts	3 rd
	4	Oman	3 pts	3 rd
+1	5	Chine	3 pts	3 rd

General ranking

	1	Australie	9 pts	3 rd
	2	Arabie Saoudite	9 pts	3 rd
	3	Japon	3 pts	3 rd
	4	Oman	3 pts	3 rd
+1	5	Chine	3 pts	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArabie Saoudite 1-0 Kuwait25/03/2021

VArabie Saoudite 5-0 Palestine30/03/2021

VArabie Saoudite 3-0 Yemen05/06/2021

VSingapore 0-3 Arabie Saoudite11/06/2021

VArabie Saoudite 3-0 Uzbekistan15/06/2021

VArabie Saoudite 3-1 Vietnam02/09/2021

Overall

VArabie Saoudite 5-0 Palestine30/03/2021

VArabie Saoudite 3-0 Yemen05/06/2021

VSingapore 0-3 Arabie Saoudite11/06/2021

VArabie Saoudite 3-0 Uzbekistan15/06/2021

VArabie Saoudite 3-1 Vietnam02/09/2021

VOman 0-1 Arabie Saoudite07/09/2021

Current form

Away

LBelgium 1-0 Japon14/11/2017

LSwitzerland 2-0 Japon08/06/2018

VMyanmar 0-2 Japon10/09/2019

VTajikistan 0-3 Japon15/10/2019

VKyrgyzstan 0-2 Japon14/11/2019

LSouth Korea 1-0 Japon18/12/2019

Overall

VJapon 10-0 Myanmar28/05/2021

VJapon 4-1 Tajikistan07/06/2021

VJapon 1-0 Serbia11/06/2021

VJapon 5-1 Kyrgyzstan15/06/2021

LJapon 0-1 Oman02/09/2021

VChina 0-1 Japon07/09/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	7
Unbeaten streak	6	7
Drawless streak	8	14
Scoring streak	8	9
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	7	11
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
8	Victories (Competition total)	9
6	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4.7
3.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.3
0.17	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Salem Al Dawsari	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Yuya Osako
Fahd Al Muwallad	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Takumi Minamino
Salem Al Dawsari	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Yuya Osako
Salem Al Dawsari	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Takumi Minamino
Fahd Al Muwallad	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Junya Ito
Saleh Al Shehri	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Saleh Al Shehri	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Yuya Osako

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

0 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

4 gf

10 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

15 matches

5 v

1 d

9 l

15 gf

23 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

0 gf

5 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

13 gf

6 ga

Total

15 matches

9 v

1 d

5 l

23 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 05, 1982
Home	3 - 0	September 05, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 17, 2011
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

January 21, 2019 - Coupe d'Asie 2019

Japon

1 - 0

Arabie Saoudite logo Arabie Saoudite

September 05, 2017 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2018

Arabie Saoudite

1 - 0

Japon

November 15, 2016 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2018

Japon

2 - 1

Arabie Saoudite logo Arabie Saoudite

January 17, 2011 - Coupe d'Asie 2011

Arabie Saoudite

0 - 5

Japon

July 25, 2007 - Coupe d'Asie 2007

Japon

2 - 3

Arabie Saoudite logo Arabie Saoudite

Best historical scorers against Japon

Yasser Al Qahtani	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Malek Mouath Al Hawsawi	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Omar Hawsawi	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Fahd Al Muwallad	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Saleh Bashir	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arabie Saoudite

Shinji Okazaki	3 goals	2011 - 2011
Ryoichi Maeda	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Hiroshi Nanami	2 goals	1995 - 2000
Kazuki Ganaha	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Kazuyoshi Miura	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Takuya Takagi	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japon

Mohamed Al Deayea	5 matches	1993 - 2000
Ahmed Al Dokhi	4 matches	2000 - 2006
Osama Hawsawi	4 matches	2007 - 2017
Taiseer Al Jassam	4 matches	2007 - 2017
Omar Al Ghamdi	4 matches	2000 - 2007
Sami Al Jaber	3 matches	1993 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/09/1990. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arabie Saoudite

Masami Ihara	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Masahiro Fukuda	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Kazuyoshi Miura	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	5 matches	2000 - 2007
Tetsuji Hashiratani	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Yuto Nagatomo	4 matches	2011 - 2019