China 1-3 Japan: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

China

Lin Liangming 48'

Japan

Koki Ogawa 39'

K. Itakura 45' +6

Koki Ogawa 54'

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 6

November 19, 2024 12:00pm

Xiamen Stadium, Xiamen

Key stats

Ball Possession

35%

65%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

China 4-3-1-2

Japan 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper

Wang Dalei

6.5

Z. Suzuki

6.5

Defenders

Hu Hetao

6.7

K. Machida

7.3

Zhu Chenjie

6.6

K. Itakura

7.7

Jiang Shenglong

6.5

A. Seko

6.9

Yang Zexiang

6.2

Midfielders

Xie Wenneng

6.6

Keito Nakamura

6.5

Wang Shangyuan

6.3

A. Tanaka

6.9

Xu Haoyang

6.5

W. Endo

6.9

Cao Yongjing

6.5

J. Ito

6.6

Forwards

Lin Liangming

7.0

T. Minamino

6.3

Wei Shihao

7.2

T. Kubo

7.2

Koki Ogawa

7.2

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7.2

Wei Shihao

7.7

K. Itakura

Match Summary

On November 19, 2024 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, China faced off against Japan at Xiamen Stadium, Xiamen. The game concluded with Japan securing a victory. With 35% possession, China versus Japan's 65% and shots on goal at 1 to 4. Japan had 84% successful passes (of 317 passes) over China which had 63% successful passes (of 167 passes). The outstanding efforts by Wei Shihao and K. Itakura played a key role.

Lineup

4-3-1-2

3-4-2-1

Dalei

6.5

Played:
52Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
9/18

Zexiang

6.2

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
5/7

Won duels:
1/4

Shenglong

6.5

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
14/18

Won duels:
4/5

Chenjie

6.6

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
19/24

Won duels:
1/3

Hetao

6.7

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
11/18

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Haoyang

6.5

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/14

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Shangyuan

6.3

Played:
52Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/17

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Wenneng

6.6

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
11/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
3/3

Yongjing

6.5

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
10/14

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Shihao

7.2

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/10

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
1/2

Liangming

7.0

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/11

Won duels:
6/19

Dribbles:
0/1

Ogawa

7.2

Played:
52Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Minamino

6.3

Played:
52Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Kubo

7.2

Played:
52Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
19/27

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
0/3

Nakamura

6.5

Played:
52Min

Accurate passes:
10/16

Won duels:
0/5

Tanaka

6.9

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
37/39

Won duels:
6/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Endo

6.9

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
27/30

Won duels:
7/13

Dribbles:
0/2

Ito

6.6

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
25/29

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
0/3

Machida

7.3

Played:
52Min

Accurate passes:
37/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/9

Itakura

7.7

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
48/53

Won duels:
3/6

Seko

6.9

Played:
52Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
38/44

Won duels:
4/6

Suzuki

6.5

Played:
52Min

Accurate passes:
10/12

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Branko Ivanković

Junling

Dianzuo

Guangtai

Pengfei

Zhen'ao

Zhen

Haijian

Zhengyu

Yuanyi

Jin

Ziming

Yuning

Coach

Hajime Moriyasu

Osako

Tani

Sugawara

Kamada

Mitoma

Morita

Hashioka

Hatate

Dōan

Maeda

Furuhashi

Ohashi

Stats

Ball Possession

China China: 35%

Japan Japan: 65%

Total Shots

China China: 4

Japan Japan: 8

Shots on Goal

China China: 1

Japan Japan: 4

Corner Kicks

China China: 1

Japan Japan: 3

Offsides

China China: 2

Japan Japan: 0

Fouls

China China: 9

Japan Japan: 5

Yellow Cards

China China: 2

Japan Japan: 0

Red Cards

China China: 0

Japan Japan: 0

Total Passes

China China: 167

Japan Japan: 317

Goals Prevented

China China: 0

Japan Japan: 0

Passes Accuracy

China China: 106 (63%)

Japan Japan: 266 (84%)

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

China 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