Australia 1-0 Japan: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Australia

A. Behich 90' +1

Japan

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 9

June 5, 2025 11:10am

Optus Stadium, Perth

Key stats

Ball Possession

31%

69%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Australia 3-4-2-1

Japan 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper

M. Ryan

6.6

K. Tani

6.3

Defenders

C. Burgess

7.3

K. Machida

7.0

M. Degenek

7.2

T. Watanabe

7.2

A. Circati

7.5

H. Sekine

7.2

Midfielders

A. Behich

7.5

K. Tawaratsumida

6.9

Ryan Teague

6.9

K. Sano

6.6

A. O'Neill

6.7

J. Fujita

7.2

L. Miller

6.9

Y. Hirakawa

7.6

Forwards

C. Metcalfe

6.6

D. Kamada

7.0

M. Boyle

6.5

Y. Suzuki

6.6

B. Borello

6.6

Y. Ohashi

6.3

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Highest rating

7.5

A. Circati

7.6

Y. Hirakawa

Match Summary

On June 05, 2025 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Australia faced off against Japan at Optus Stadium, Perth. The game concluded with Australia securing a victory. With 31% possession, Australia versus Japan's 69% and shots on goal at 3 to 1. Japan had 90% successful passes (of 626 passes) over Australia which had 72% successful passes (of 285 passes). The outstanding efforts by A. Circati and Y. Hirakawa played a key role.

Lineup

3-4-2-1

Ryan

6.6

Played:
93Min

Saves:
1 of 1

Accurate passes:
21/35

Circati

7.5

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
23/30

Won duels:
6/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Degenek

7.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
28/33

Won duels:
3/3

Burgess

7.3

Played:
93Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
33/44

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Miller

6.9

Played:
68Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
7/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
10/16

Dribbles:
0/3

O'Neill

6.7

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
20/27

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Teague

6.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/15

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Behich

7.5

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
19/27

Won duels:
4/10

Dribbles:
0/1

Boyle

6.5

Played:
45Min

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Metcalfe

6.6

Played:
80Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
9/18

Won duels:
3/9

Borello

6.6

Played:
68Min

Accurate passes:
9/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Ohashi

6.3

Played:
70Min

Accurate passes:
11/14

Won duels:
0/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Kamada

7.0

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
59/71

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/15

Dribbles:
0/1

Suzuki

6.6

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
31/36

Won duels:
4/10

Dribbles:
1/4

Tawaratsumida

6.9

Played:
64Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
20/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Sano

6.6

Played:
64Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
37/40

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Fujita

7.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
56/62

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Hirakawa

7.6

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
37/40

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
9/15

Dribbles:
5/6

Machida

7.0

Played:
45Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
47/53

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/8

Watanabe

7.2

Played:
70Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
78/82

Won duels:
5/7

Sekine

7.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
84/92

Won duels:
4/6

Tani

6.3

Played:
93Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
18/19

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Tony Popovic

Yazbek

6.9

Played:
48Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
14/14

Won duels:
4/5

McGree

6.9

Played:
48Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/10

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Izzo

Gauci

Geria

6.9

Played:
25Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
4/4

Rowles

Trewin

Arzani

6.2

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
0/3

Dribbles:
0/2

Cáceres

Tilio

Duke

6.7

Played:
25Min

Accurate passes:
1/4

Won duels:
3/5

Taggart

Coach

Hajime Moriyasu

Seko

6.7

Played:
48Min

Accurate passes:
39/42

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/9

Suzuki

Osako

Takai

6.7

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
20/20

Won duels:
2/2

Kubo

6.9

Played:
29Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
7/12

Won duels:
2/2

Kumasaka

Endo

Morishita

Nakamura

6.3

Played:
29Min

Accurate passes:
15/16

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Sano

Mito

Machino

6.3

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Stats

Ball Possession

Australia: 31%

Japan Japan: 69%

Total Shots

Australia: 6

Japan Japan: 13

Shots on Goal

Australia: 3

Japan Japan: 1

Corner Kicks

Australia: 1

Japan Japan: 8

Offsides

Australia: 0

Japan Japan: 1

Fouls

Australia: 8

Japan Japan: 13

Yellow Cards

Australia: 0

Japan Japan: 0

Red Cards

Australia: 0

Japan Japan: 0

Total Passes

Australia: 285

Japan Japan: 626

Goals Prevented

Australia: 0

Japan Japan: 0

Passes Accuracy

Australia: 206 (72%)

Japan Japan: 561 (90%)

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

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Australia 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

Head-to-Head

Timeline