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

Japan

Saudi Arabia

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 8

March 25, 2025 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

Saudi Arabia 5-4-1

Goalkeeper

Z. Suzuki

6.9

Nawaf Al Aqidi

6.9

Defenders

H. Ito

7.3

Nawaf Boushal

7.3

K. Itakura

7.3

Hassan Tambakti

6.3

K. Takai

7.3

Ali Lajami

6.7

Jehad Abdullatif Ahm

6.9

Muhannad Al Shanqiti

6.3

Midfielders

Keito Nakamura

6.9

Salem Al Dawsari

6.5

A. Tanaka

7.9

Faisal Al Ghamdi

6.6

W. Endo

6.6

Musab Al Juwayr

6.9

Y. Sugawara

6.7

Feras Al Brikan

6.2

Forwards

D. Kamada

6.9

Marwan Al Sahafi

6.5

T. Kubo

7.2

D. Maeda

6.6

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Highest rating

7.9

A. Tanaka

7.3

Nawaf Boushal

Match Summary

On March 25, 2025 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Japan faced off against Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama. The game ended in a draw. With Japan possessing 77% of the ball compared to Saudi Arabia's 23%, and shots on goal at 2 to 0. Japan had 90% successful passes (of 688 passes) over Saudi Arabia which had 53% successful passes (of 208 passes). The outstanding efforts by A. Tanaka and Nawaf Boushal played a key role

Lineup

3-4-2-1

5-4-1

Suzuki

6.9

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
11/12

Takai

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
89/94

Won duels:
5/7

Itakura

7.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
109/118

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/11

Ito

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
78/84

Won duels:
4/7

Sugawara

6.7

Played:
62Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
27/29

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/6

Dribbles:
1/4

Endo

6.6

Played:
74Min

Accurate passes:
84/90

Won duels:
2/5

Tanaka

7.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
86/94

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/10

Nakamura

6.9

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
27/38

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/13

Dribbles:
4/9

Kubo

7.2

Played:
62Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
29/35

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
2/3

Kamada

6.9

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
48/56

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/10

Dribbles:
0/1

Maeda

6.6

Played:
73Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Sahafi

6.5

Played:
61Min

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
0/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Dawsari

6.5

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
13/16

Won duels:
0/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Ghamdi

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
10/23

Won duels:
7/10

Juwayr

6.9

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/21

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Brikan

6.2

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
4/15

Won duels:
7/19

Dribbles:
0/1

Boushal

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
6

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
17/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
10/15

Dribbles:
1/1

Tambakti

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
8/24

Won duels:
2/5

Lajami

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/18

Won duels:
2/4

Ahm

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
11/16

Won duels:
4/5

Shanqiti

6.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
5/5

Won duels:
1/5

Aqidi

6.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
2 of 2

Accurate passes:
10/34

Won duels:
3/3

Substitutes

Coach

Hajime Moriyasu

Dōan

6.3

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
8/10

Won duels:
1/3

Ito

7.3

Played:
28Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
15/17

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
2/3

Tani

Osako

Nakayama

Seko

Sekine

Fujita

Hatate

6.3

Played:
16Min

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
1/1

Minamino

Played:
7Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
0/1

Furuhashi

6.5

Played:
17Min

Won duels:
0/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Machino

Coach

Herve Renard

Majrashi

7.2

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
7

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
7/11

Ammar

6.2

Played:
29Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
0/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Johani

6.3

Played:
29Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
1/4

Won duels:
1/2

Kassar

Yousef

Mosa

Ghamdi

Dawsari

Yahya

Hamdan

Saad

Salem

Stats

Ball Possession

Japan Japan: 77%

Saudi Arabia: 23%

Total Shots

Japan Japan: 12

Saudi Arabia: 1

Shots on Goal

Japan Japan: 2

Saudi Arabia: 0

Corner Kicks

Japan Japan: 9

Saudi Arabia: 0

Offsides

Japan Japan: 3

Saudi Arabia: 0

Fouls

Japan Japan: 10

Saudi Arabia: 1

Yellow Cards

Japan Japan: 0

Saudi Arabia: 0

Red Cards

Japan Japan: 0

Saudi Arabia: 0

Total Passes

Japan Japan: 688

Saudi Arabia: 208

Goals Prevented

Japan Japan: 0

Saudi Arabia: 0

Passes Accuracy

Japan Japan: 620 (90%)

Saudi Arabia: 110 (53%)

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

Japan vs Saudi Arabia

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