World CupGroup Stage - 2FT
Japan
0-1
HT (0-0)
Costa RicaAhmad bin Ali Stadium · Al-Rayyan
Last 5 meetings
Full H2H
Match events
- 41'
Anthony ContrerasFoul - 44'Miki YamanePersistent fouling
- 46'H. Ito ↑Y. Nagatomo ↓
- 46'T. Asano ↑A. Ueda ↓
- 61'Celso BorgesFoul
- 62'K. Mitoma ↑M. Yamane ↓
- 65'B. Aguilera ↑G. Torres ↓
- 65'J. Bennette ↑A. Contreras ↓
- 67'J. Ito ↑R. Dōan ↓
- 70'Francisco CalvoFoul
- 81'K. FullerAssist: Y. Tejeda
- 82'T. Minamino ↑Y. Soma ↓
- 84'Ko ItakuraFoul
- 89'Y. Salas ↑C. Borges ↓
- 90+3'Wataru EndoFoul
- 90+5'D. Chacón ↑J. Campbell ↓
Match stats
JapanCosta Rica
- 57%Possession43%
- 13Shots4
- 3Shots on target1
- 3Shots off target2
- 7Blocked shots1
- 6Shots inside box1
- 7Shots outside box3
- 582Passes443
- 505Accurate passes353
- 87%Pass accuracy80%
- 5Corners0
- 0Offsides2
- 22Fouls9
- 3Yellow cards3
- 0Saves3
Lineups
Japan
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Starting XI
Goalkeeper
- 12S. Gonda
Defenders
- 2M. Yamane
- 4K. Itakura
- 5Y. Nagatomo
- 13H. Morita
Midfielders
- 22M. Yoshida
- 6W. Endo
- 8R. Dōan
- 15D. Kamada
- 24Y. Soma
Forwards
- 21A. Ueda
Substitutes
- 26H. Ito
- 18T. Asano
- 9K. Mitoma
- 14J. Ito
- 10T. Minamino
- 20S. Machino
- 7G. Shibasaki
- 23D. Schmidt
- 16T. Tomiyasu
- 19H. Sakai
- 1E. Kawashima
- 25D. Maeda
- 17A. Tanaka
- 3S. Taniguchi
- 11T. Kubo
Coach: H. Moriyasu
Costa Rica
Formation: 5-4-1
Starting XI
Goalkeeper
- 1K. Navas
Defenders
- 4K. Fuller
- 6Ó. Duarte
- 19K. Waston
- 15F. Calvo
- 8B. Oviedo
Midfielders
- 5C. Borges
- 17Y. Tejeda
Forwards
- 13G. Torres
- 12J. Campbell
- 7A. Contreras
Substitutes
- 20B. Aguilera
- 9J. Bennette
- 14Y. Salas
- 2D. Chacón
- 22R. Matarrita
- 24R. Wilson
- 26Á. Zamora
- 11J. Venegas
- 16C. Martínez
- 18E. Alvarado
- 3J. Vargas
- 23P. Sequeira
- 25A. Hernández
- 21D. López
- 10B. Ruiz
Coach: L. Suárez
Top performers
Japan- Maya Yoshida90'7.2
- Miki Yamane62'6.9
- Ko Itakura90'6.9
- Ayase Ueda45'6.7
- Hiroki Ito45'6.7
Costa Rica- Keylor Navas90'7.3
- Óscar Duarte90'7.3
- Keysher Fuller1G90'7.2
- Kendall Waston90'7.2
- Francisco Calvo90'7.2