Japan 2-0 Bahrain: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Japan

D. Kamada 66'

T. Kubo 87'

Bahrain

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 7

March 20, 2025 10:35am

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Key stats

Ball Possession

61%

39%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Japan 3-4-2-1

Bahrain 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

Z. Suzuki

7.2

Ebrahim Lutfallah

6.6

Defenders

H. Ito

7.2

Abdulla Al Khalasi

6.9

K. Itakura

7.3

Waleed Al Hayam

6.9

A. Seko

7.0

Amine Benaddi

6.9

Hamad Al Shamsan

6.6

Midfielders

K. Mitoma

6.5

Komail Al Aswad

7.0

H. Morita

6.9

Sayed Dhiya Saeed Ebrahim Alawi Shubbar

6.5

W. Endo

7.7

Mahdi Faisal Ibrahim Al Humaidan

7.2

R. Dōan

6.3

Mohamed Marhoon

6.5

Ali Madan

6.9

Forwards

T. Minamino

6.5

Mahdi Abduljabbar

6.6

T. Kubo

8.5

A. Ueda

6.9

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Highest rating

8.5

T. Kubo

7.2

Mahdi Faisal Ibrahim Al Humaidan

Match Summary

On March 20, 2025 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Japan faced off against Bahrain at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama. The game concluded with Japan securing a victory. With 61% possession, Japan versus Bahrain's 39% and shots on goal at 4 to 2. Japan had 85% successful passes (of 555 passes) over Bahrain which had 74% successful passes (of 348 passes). The outstanding efforts by T. Kubo and Mahdi Faisal Ibrahim Al Humaidan played a key role.

Lineup

3-4-2-1

4-2-3-1

Suzuki

7.2

Played:
93Min

Saves:
2 of 2

Accurate passes:
25/27

Seko

7.0

Played:
93Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
45/56

Won duels:
3/7

Itakura

7.3

Played:
93Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
69/78

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Ito

7.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
69/78

Won duels:
4/6

Dōan

6.3

Played:
63Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
12/18

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Endo

7.7

Played:
93Min

Accurate passes:
69/73

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
1/2

Morita

6.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
24/32

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Mitoma

6.5

Played:
76Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
27/30

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/11

Dribbles:
1/7

Kubo

8.5

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
36/54

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
2/3

Minamino

6.5

Played:
63Min

Accurate passes:
14/17

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/2

Ueda

6.9

Played:
86Min

Accurate passes:
7/8

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/4

Abduljabbar

6.6

Played:
61Min

Accurate passes:
5/7

Won duels:
2/5

Humaidan

7.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/26

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Marhoon

6.5

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
16/23

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
0/2

Madan

6.9

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
18/24

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
8/14

Dribbles:
1/2

Aswad

7.0

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
41/48

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
8/13

Dribbles:
2/2

Shubbar

6.5

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
38/49

Won duels:
2/6

Khalasi

6.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
20/26

Won duels:
6/8

Hayam

6.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
38/49

Won duels:
2/2

Benaddi

6.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
21/27

Won duels:
1/3

Shamsan

6.6

Played:
82Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
18/26

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
0/2

Lutfallah

6.6

Played:
93Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
17/32

Key passes:
1

Substitutes

Coach

Hajime Moriyasu

Tanaka

6.3

Played:
48Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
40/45

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Kamada

8.2

Played:
30Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
22/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/2

Ito

6.9

Played:
30Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/12

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Tani

Osako

Takai

Nakayama

Sugawara

Hatate

Machino

Played:
7Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
1/2

Maeda

Nakamura

6.6

Played:
17Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
2/2

Coach

Dragan Talajic

Romaihi

6.3

Played:
32Min

Accurate passes:
5/5

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Abbas

Fardan

Emmanuel

6.5

Played:
11Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Mubarak

Baqer

Haram

Abdulkarim

Shaikh

Wadaei

Khatal

Hassan

Stats

Ball Possession

Japan Japan: 61%

Bahrain Bahrain: 39%

Total Shots

Japan Japan: 12

Bahrain Bahrain: 7

Shots on Goal

Japan Japan: 4

Bahrain Bahrain: 2

Corner Kicks

Japan Japan: 8

Bahrain Bahrain: 1

Offsides

Japan Japan: 2

Bahrain Bahrain: 2

Fouls

Japan Japan: 14

Bahrain Bahrain: 5

Yellow Cards

Japan Japan: 1

Bahrain Bahrain: 1

Red Cards

Japan Japan: 0

Bahrain Bahrain: 0

Total Passes

Japan Japan: 555

Bahrain Bahrain: 348

Goals Prevented

Japan Japan: 0

Bahrain Bahrain: 0

Passes Accuracy

Japan Japan: 472 (85%)

Bahrain Bahrain: 257 (74%)

Key stats

Lineup

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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

Japan vs Bahrain

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