Japan 7-0 China: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Japan

W. Endo 12'

K. Mitoma 45' +2

T. Minamino 52'

T. Minamino 58'

J. Ito 77'

D. Maeda 87'

T. Kubo 90' +5

China

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 1

September 5, 2024 10:35am

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Key stats

Ball Possession

77%

23%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Japan 3-4-2-1

China 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

Z. Suzuki

6.7

Wang Dalei

5.5

Defenders

K. Machida

7.7

Liu Yang

5.7

S. Taniguchi

7.2

Zhu Chenjie

5.3

K. Itakura

7.3

Jiang Guangtai

5.9

Yang Zexiang

5.6

Midfielders

K. Mitoma

8.7

Xu Haoyang

6.2

W. Endo

7.3

Jiang Shenglong

5.6

H. Morita

7.5

Li Yuanyi

6.5

R. Dōan

7.3

Xie Wenneng

6.3

Forwards

T. Minamino

8.9

Zhang Yuning

6.2

T. Kubo

10.0

Wu Lei

6.2

A. Ueda

7.0

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Highest rating

10.0

T. Kubo

6.5

Li Yuanyi

Match Summary

On September 05, 2024 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Japan faced off against China at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama. The game concluded with Japan securing a victory. With 77% possession, Japan versus China's 23% and shots on goal at 9 to 0. Japan and China both had the same percentage of successful passes. The outstanding efforts by T. Kubo and Li Yuanyi played a key role.

Lineup

3-4-2-1

4-4-2

Suzuki

6.7

Played:
95Min

Accurate passes:
12/12

Itakura

7.3

Played:
71Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
76/79

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/4

Taniguchi

7.2

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
125/129

Won duels:
2/4

Machida

7.7

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
102/111

Won duels:
8/13

Dōan

7.3

Played:
63Min

Accurate passes:
25/29

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Morita

7.5

Played:
95Min

Accurate passes:
56/70

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Endo

7.3

Played:
71Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
38/45

Won duels:
3/6

Mitoma

8.7

Played:
63Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
36/41

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Kubo

10.0

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
57/64

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
2/4

Minamino

8.9

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
31/37

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Ueda

7.0

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/9

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
2/2

Yuning

6.2

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
2/9

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Lei

6.2

Played:
61Min

Accurate passes:
9/12

Won duels:
0/3

Haoyang

6.2

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
10/11

Won duels:
2/5

Shenglong

5.6

Played:
95Min

Accurate passes:
12/13

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Yuanyi

6.5

Played:
76Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
9/17

Won duels:
2/4

Wenneng

6.3

Played:
45Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
1/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Yang

5.7

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/24

Won duels:
4/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Chenjie

5.3

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
13/18

Won duels:
4/7

Guangtai

5.9

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
11/15

Won duels:
3/4

Zexiang

5.6

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/29

Won duels:
6/8

Dalei

5.5

Played:
95Min

Saves:
2 of 9

Accurate passes:
18/37

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/2

Substitutes

Coach

Hajime Moriyasu

Osako

Tani

Takai

6.6

Played:
24Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
25/27

Won duels:
1/3

Nakayama

Sugawara

Kamada

Tanaka

6.9

Played:
24Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
28/30

Ito

8.3

Played:
32Min

Accurate passes:
13/15

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
1/2

Asano

Nakamura

Maeda

7.0

Played:
32Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
8/8

Won duels:
0/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Ogawa

6.3

Played:
16Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
1/2

Coach

Branko Ivanković

Zhunyi

5.6

Played:
50Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/8

Won duels:
1/1

Junling

Dianzuo

Lei

Zhen

Pengfei

Shangyuan

6.3

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Haijian

Abduweli

6.3

Played:
34Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Nanduo

6.3

Played:
34Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
3/3

Alan

6.5

Played:
34Min

Accurate passes:
2/7

Won duels:
2/3

Liangming

Stats

Ball Possession

Japan Japan: 77%

China China: 23%

Total Shots

Japan Japan: 16

China China: 1

Shots on Goal

Japan Japan: 9

China China: 0

Corner Kicks

Japan Japan: 5

China China: 2

Offsides

Japan Japan: 0

China China: 1

Fouls

Japan Japan: 20

China China: 9

Yellow Cards

Japan Japan: 0

China China: 3

Red Cards

Japan Japan: 0

China China: 0

Total Passes

Japan Japan: 709

China China: 214

Goals Prevented

Japan Japan: 0

China China: 0

Passes Accuracy

Japan Japan: 639 (90%)

China China: 134 (63%)

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 China

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