Japan vs Saudi Arabia, 2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Japan

45': Hiroshi Kiyotake (P)
80': Genki Haraguchi

FT
2 - 1

Saudi Arabia

90': Omar Othman
90'+3': Osama Hawsawi

About

Japan are hosting Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan

WCQ - AFC Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Jordan	2	+2	4
2	South Korea	2	+2	4
3	Iraq	2	+1	4
4	Kuwait	2	0	2

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Japan

No.	Name
	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
	Yuto Nagatomo
	Maya Yoshida
	Masato Morishige
	Hiroki Sakai
	Hotaru Yamaguchi
	Genki Haraguchi
	Makoto Hasebe
	Hiroshi Kiyotake
	Yuya Osako
	Yuya Kubo

Japan Substitutes:

Masaaki Higashiguchi, Eiji Kawashima, Gotoku Sakai, Tomoaki Makino, Yuichi Maruyama, Manabu Saito, Shinji Kagawa, Yuki Kobayashi, Ryota Nagaki, Shinji Okazaki, Takuma Asano, Keisuke Honda.

Saudi Arabia

No.	Name
	Mohammed Al-Owais (GK)
13	Yasser Al-Shahrani
12	Hassan Muath Fallatah
3	Osama Hawsawi
7	Salman Al-Faraj
5	Omar Othman
20	Nawaf Al-Abid
8	Yahya Alshehri
11	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri
10	Mohammed Al-Sahlawi
17	Taisir Al-Jassim

Saudi Arabia Substitutes:

Waleed Ali, Assaf Al-Qarni, Motaz Hawsawi, Mansour Al-Harbi, Mohammed Jahfali, Mohammed Al-Burayk, Hussain Almoqahwi, Abdulmajeed Al Ruwali, Fahad Al-Muwallad, Naif Hazazi, Nassir Al-Shamrani, Salman Al-Moasher.

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