Scotland 0-1 Japan: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Scotland

Japan

J. Ito 84'

Friendlies 2026

Friendly International

March 28, 2026 5:00pm

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Key stats

Ball Possession

45%

55%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Scotland 4-2-3-1

Japan 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper

A. Gunn

7.9

Z. Suzuki

7.2

Defenders

A. Robertson

6.9

H. Ito

7.2

S. McKenna

6.3

T. Watanabe

7.2

J. Hendry

6.9

A. Seko

6.6

N. Patterson

7.2

Midfielders

K. McLean

6.6

D. Maeda

7.0

L. Ferguson

6.5

A. Tanaka

7.5

T. Conway

6.9

J. Fujita

7.2

S. McTominay

7.2

Y. Sugawara

6.9

J. McGinn

6.7

Forwards

L. Dykes

6.5

K. Sano

7.5

Y. Suzuki

7.0

K. Goto

6.9

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Highest rating

7.9

A. Gunn

7.9

J. Ito

Match Summary

On March 28, 2026 during the 2026 Friendlies match, Scotland faced off against Japan at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The game concluded with Japan securing a victory. With 45% possession, Scotland versus Japan's 55% and shots on goal at 3 to 7. Japan had 88% successful passes (of 609 passes) over Scotland which had 83% successful passes (of 494 passes). The outstanding efforts by A. Gunn and J. Ito played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

3-4-2-1

Gunn

7.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
6 of 7

Accurate passes:
28/40

Patterson

7.2

Played:
81Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
31/43

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/2

Hendry

6.9

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
67/72

Won duels:
1/2

McKenna

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
61/70

Won duels:
3/6

Robertson

6.9

Played:
71Min

Accurate passes:
34/44

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Dribbles:
1/1

Ferguson

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
30/35

Won duels:
2/10

Dribbles:
0/1

McLean

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
49/58

Won duels:
4/6

McGinn

6.7

Played:
63Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
21/29

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/10

Dribbles:
0/1

McTominay

7.2

Played:
71Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
29/30

Won duels:
4/7

Conway

6.9

Played:
81Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
18/19

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/5

Dykes

6.5

Played:
63Min

Accurate passes:
4/7

Won duels:
4/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Goto

6.9

Played:
63Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
13/15

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/6

Sano

7.5

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
11/13

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
1/2

Suzuki

7.0

Played:
63Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/30

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
1/2

Maeda

7.0

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/5

Tanaka

7.5

Played:
78Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
61/69

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Fujita

7.2

Played:
78Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
66/72

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Sugawara

6.9

Played:
62Min

Accurate passes:
32/35

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
0/2

Ito

7.2

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
34/37

Won duels:
4/4

Watanabe

7.2

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
54/59

Won duels:
5/6

Seko

6.6

Played:
77Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
77/85

Won duels:
1/4

Suzuki

7.2

Played:
90Min

Saves:
3 of 3

Accurate passes:
26/37

Substitutes

Coach

Steve Clarke

Hanley

Tierney

6.6

Played:
19Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/17

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/2

Gilmour

6.9

Played:
19Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/12

Won duels:
3/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Adams

Christie

6.5

Played:
27Min

Accurate passes:
7/9

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Kelly

Miller

McCrorie

Hyam

Hirst

6.9

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/5

Won duels:
4/6

Bain

Ralston

6.3

Played:
9Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
0/2

Won duels:
1/1

Irving

Curtis

6.2

Played:
9Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Souttar

Coach

Hajime Moriyasu

Taniguchi

6.6

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
29/29

Won duels:
2/6

Mitoma

7.2

Played:
45Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
17/17

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/4

Machino

Dōan

6.3

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
9/11

Won duels:
1/3

Osako

Nakamura

6.9

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
7/9

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Ito

7.9

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
10/16

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
2/3

Kamada

6.9

Played:
12Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Dribbles:
1/1

Hashioka

6.7

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
12/14

Won duels:
1/1

Ueda

6.3

Played:
27Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Ogawa

Shiogai

7.2

Played:
12Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/2

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Hayakawa

Sano

Suzuki

6.6

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
24/27

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/4

Stats

Ball Possession

Scotland: 45%

Japan Japan: 55%

Total Shots

Scotland: 8

Japan Japan: 18

Shots on Goal

Scotland: 3

Japan Japan: 7

Corner Kicks

Scotland: 3

Japan Japan: 8

Offsides

Scotland: 0

Japan Japan: 1

Fouls

Scotland: 8

Japan Japan: 18

Yellow Cards

Scotland: 0

Japan Japan: 2

Red Cards

Scotland: 0

Japan Japan: 0

Total Passes

Scotland: 494

Japan Japan: 609

Goals Prevented

Scotland: 0

Japan Japan: 0

Passes Accuracy

Scotland: 409 (83%)

Japan Japan: 537 (88%)

Scotland vs Japan

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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