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Germany 1-4 Japan - September 09, 2023 / Friendlies 2023

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Friendlies 2023 - Intercontinental

Volkswagen Arena - Wolfsburg - Germany

September 09, 2023

24 980

Germany

1 - 4

Japan

Assist by Florian Wirtz (left foot) Leroy Sané

19'

11'

Junya Ito (right foot)

22'

Ayase Ueda (left foot) Assist by Junya Ito

90'

Takuma Asano (right foot) Assist by Takefusa Kubo

90+2'

Ao Tanaka (header) Assist by Takefusa Kubo

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11' - Goal Junya Ito

19' - Goal Leroy Sané19

22' - Goal Ayase Ueda

25' - Yellow card Niklas Süle25

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52' - Yellow card Ko Itakura

59' - Substitution Daichi Kamadais substituted by Shogo Taniguchi photo Takuma Asano

59' - Substitution Ayase Uedais substituted by Takuma Asano

64' - Substitution Nico Schlotterbeckis substituted by Robin Gosens photo Pascal Gross

64' - Substitution Emre Canis substituted by Pascal Gross64

66' - Yellow card Robin Gosens66

73' - Substitution Kai Havertzis substituted by Thomas Müller photo Julian Brandt

73' - Substitution Florian Wirtzis substituted by Julian Brandt73

75' - Substitution Hidemasa Moritais substituted by Ao Tanaka photo Takefusa Kubo

75' - Substitution Junya Itois substituted by Takefusa Kubo

81' - Substitution Serge Gnabryis substituted by Kevin Schade81

84' - Substitution Yukinari Sugawarais substituted by Daiki Hashioka photo Ritsu Doan

84' - Substitution Kaoru Mitomais substituted by Ritsu Doan

90' - Goal Takuma Asano

92' - Goal Ao Tanaka

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Germany

1 - 4

Japan

Germany Japan

Team line-ups

Germany

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Havertz73

Kai Havertz

Germany

B.date11/06/1999

Age24 years

H1m89

positionRight central midfielder

10Gnabry81

Serge Gnabry

Germany

B.date14/07/1995

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

9Wirtz73

Florian Wirtz

Germany

B.date03/05/2003

Age20 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

19Sané19

Leroy Sané

Germany

B.date11/01/1996

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Gündogan

Ilkay Gündogan

Germany

B.date24/10/1990

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

23Can64

Emre Can

Germany

B.date12/01/1994

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

5Schlotterbeck64

Nico Schlotterbeck

Germany

B.date01/12/1999

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2Rüdiger

Antonio Rüdiger

Germany

B.date03/03/1993

Age30 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

15Süle25

Niklas Süle

Germany

B.date03/09/1995

Age28 years

H1m95

positionLeft central defender

6Kimmich

Joshua Kimmich

Germany

B.date08/02/1995

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1ter Stegen

Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany

B.date30/04/1992

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Nico Schlotterbeck	64	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Antonio Rüdiger		30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Niklas Süle	25	28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Joshua Kimmich		28	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Kai Havertz	73	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Emre Can	64	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ilkay Gündogan		32	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Florian Wirtz	73	20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Serge Gnabry	81	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Leroy Sané	19	27	54	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

Japan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ueda2259

Ayase Ueda

Japan

B.date28/08/1998

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

7Mitoma84

Kaoru Mitoma

Japan

B.date20/05/1997

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

8Kamada59

Daichi Kamada

Japan

B.date05/08/1996

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

14Junya Ito1175

Junya Ito

Japan

B.date09/03/1993

Age30 years

H1m76

positionRight Winger

6Endo

Wataru Endo

Japan

B.date09/02/1993

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Morita75

Hidemasa Morita

Japan

B.date10/05/1995

Age28 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

21Hiroki Ito

Hiroki Ito

Japan

B.date12/05/1999

Age24 years

H1m88

positionMidfield

16Tomiyasu

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Japan

B.date05/11/1998

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4Itakura52

Ko Itakura

Japan

B.date27/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2Sugawara84

Yukinari Sugawara

Japan

B.date28/06/2000

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

12Osako

Keisuke Osako

Japan

B.date28/07/1999

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Keisuke Osako		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Takehiro Tomiyasu		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ko Itakura	52	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Yukinari Sugawara	84	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Hidemasa Morita	75	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Wataru Endo		30	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Hiroki Ito		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Daichi Kamada	59	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kaoru Mitoma	84	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ayase Ueda	2259	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Junya Ito	1175	30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Kevin Trapp		33
22	G	Oliver Baumann		33
4	D	Jonathan Tah		27
3	D	Malick Thiaw		22
20	D	Robin Gosens	6466	29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Benjamin Henrichs		26
24	M	Pascal Gross	64	32	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jonas Hofmann		31
8	M	Felix Nmecha		22
17	M	Julian Brandt	73	27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kevin Schade	81	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Thomas Müller	73	33	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kosuke Nakamura		28
23	G	Daniel Schmidt		31
3	D	Shogo Taniguchi	59	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Koki Machida		26
19	D	Daiki Hashioka	84	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ryoya Morishita		26
26	D	Seiya Maikuma		25
15	M	Atsuki Ito		25
17	M	Ao Tanaka	9275	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Takefusa Kubo	75	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Ritsu Doan	84	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Takuma Asano	9059	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Daizen Maeda		25
13	F	Keito Nakamura		23
11	F	Kyogo Furuhashi		28

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nico Schlotterbeck

Robin Gosens

OUT

Joshua Kimmich

Marius Wolf

OUT

Niklas Süle

Malick Thiaw

OUT

Florian Wirtz

Leon Goretzka

OUT

Serge Gnabry

Jamal Musiala

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Keisuke Osako

Kosuke Nakamura

OUT

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Shogo Taniguchi

OUT

Ayase Ueda

Kyogo Furuhashi

OUT

Hidemasa Morita

Reo Hatate

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hans-Dieter Flick

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

65 %

Flick vs Japan

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 09, 2023

Flick vs Moriyasu

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 09, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Hajime Moriyasu

Success rate in this team:

66 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Moriyasu vs Germany

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2023

Moriyasu vs Flick

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 09, 2023

Referee

João Pinheiro

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Germany1 match	General total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Germany1 match	Season total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 09, 2023					Latest figure on September 09, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Leroy Sané scores a goal in his professional career with Germany since the 11/11/2021 (with Germany vs Liechtenstein )

Hajime Moriyasu has registered 50 goal(s) in Friendlies since the 26/07/2018 as the manager of Japan next after this match..

It's the first time Takuma Asano scores 1 goal vs Germany in Friendlies

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VGermany 5-2 Italy14/06/2022

LGermany 0-1 Hungary23/09/2022

VGermany 2-0 Peru25/03/2023

LGermany 2-3 Belgium28/03/2023

DGermany 3-3 Ukraine12/06/2023

LGermany 0-2 Colombia20/06/2023

Overall

VCosta Rica 2-4 Germany01/12/2022

VGermany 2-0 Peru25/03/2023

LGermany 2-3 Belgium28/03/2023

DGermany 3-3 Ukraine12/06/2023

LPoland 1-0 Germany16/06/2023

LGermany 0-2 Colombia20/06/2023

Current form

Away

VKyrgyzstan 0-2 Japan14/11/2019

LSouth Korea 1-0 Japan18/12/2019

LSaudi Arabia 1-0 Japan07/10/2021

VVietnam 0-1 Japan11/11/2021

VOman 0-1 Japan16/11/2021

VAustralia 0-2 Japan24/03/2022

Overall

VJapan 2-1 Spain01/12/2022

DJapan 1-1 Croatia05/12/2022

DJapan 1-1 Uruguay24/03/2023

LJapan 1-2 Colombia28/03/2023

VJapan 6-0 El Salvador15/06/2023

VJapan 4-1 Peru20/06/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	4
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Drawless streak	11	3
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	4
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Niclas Füllkrug	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Kaoru Mitoma
Niclas Füllkrug	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Niclas Füllkrug	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ayase Ueda
Niclas Füllkrug	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Marius Wolf	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Daichi Kamada
Marius Wolf	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Niclas Füllkrug	4 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Kaoru Mitoma

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 16, 2004
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	November 23, 2022
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

November 23, 2022 - Coupe du Monde 2022

Germany

1 - 2

Japan

May 30, 2006 - Rencontres amicales 2006

Germany

2 - 2

Japan

December 16, 2004 - Rencontres amicales 2004

Japan

0 - 3

Germany

Best historical scorers against Japan

Miroslav Klose	3 goals	2004 - 2006
Bastian Schweinsteiger	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Ilkay Gündogan	1 goal	2022 - 2022
Michael Ballack	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Germany

Naohiro Takahara	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Takuma Asano	1 goal	2022 - 2022
Ritsu Doan	1 goal	2022 - 2022

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japan

Michael Ballack	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Per Mertesacker	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Bernd Schneider	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Bastian Schweinsteiger	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Miroslav Klose	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Tim Borowski	2 matches	2004 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Germany

Alex Santos	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Takashi Fukunishi	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Naohiro Takahara	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Akira Kaji	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Keiji Tamada	2 matches	2004 - 2006
Makoto Tanaka	1 match	2004 - 2004