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Japan 5-0 Syria - March 29, 2016 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2018

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World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2018 - Round 10 - Group E

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama - Japan

March 29, 2016

5 - 0

Syria

(o.g) Hadi Al Masri

17'

Shinji Kagawa

66'

Keisuke Honda

86'

Shinji Kagawa

90'

Genki Haraguchi

90+3'

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17' - Own goal Hadi Al Masri17

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46' - Substitution Ahmed Kalasiis substituted by Saad Al Ahmad

57' - Yellow card Khaled Al Mobayed

58' - Substitution Hotaru Yamaguchiis substituted by Genki Haraguchi58

60' - Substitution Osama Omariis substituted by Abdulrazaq Al Hussein

65' - Yellow card Yuto Nagatomo65

66' - Goal Shinji Kagawa66

77' - Substitution Khaled Al Mobayedis substituted by Ahmed Ashkar

78' - Substitution Shinji Okazakiis substituted by Mu Kanazaki78

85' - Substitution Takashi Usamiis substituted by Hiroshi Kiyotake85

86' - Goal Keisuke Honda86

90' - Goal Shinji Kagawa90

93' - Goal Genki Haraguchi93

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Team line-ups

Japan

12 Nishikawa

Shusaku Nishikawa

Japan

B.date18/06/1986

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

6 Morishige

Masato Morishige

Japan

B.date21/05/1987

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

22 Yoshida

Maya Yoshida

Japan

B.date24/08/1988

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

21 Sakai

Gotoku Sakai

Japan

B.date14/03/1991

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

5 Nagatomo65

Yuto Nagatomo

Japan

B.date12/09/1986

Age29 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

16 Yamaguchi58

Hotaru Yamaguchi

Japan

B.date06/10/1990

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

17 Hasebe

Makoto Hasebe

Japan

B.date18/01/1984

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

4 Honda86

Keisuke Honda

Japan

B.date13/06/1986

Age29 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

10 Kagawa6690

Shinji Kagawa

Japan

B.date17/03/1989

Age27 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

11 Usami85

Takashi Usami

Japan

B.date06/05/1992

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

9 Okazaki78

Shinji Okazaki

Japan

B.date16/04/1986

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Shusaku Nishikawa		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Masato Morishige		28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Maya Yoshida		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Gotoku Sakai		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Yuto Nagatomo	65	29	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Hotaru Yamaguchi	58	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Makoto Hasebe		32	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Keisuke Honda	86	29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Shinji Kagawa	6690	27	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Takashi Usami	85	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Shinji Okazaki	78	29	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Syria

22 Alma

Ibrahim Alma

Syria

B.date18/10/1991

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

4 Al Masri17

Hadi Al Masri

Syria

B.date07/06/1986

Age29 years

positionDefender

12 Midani

Omar Midani

Syria

B.date26/01/1994

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

5 Kalasi46

Ahmed Kalasi

Syria

B.date18/07/1990

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

3 Ajjan

Moayad Ajjan

Syria

B.date16/02/1993

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

13 Sabagh

Nadim Sabagh

Syria

B.date04/08/1985

Age30 years

positionLeft full-back

17 Al Mobayed7757

Khaled Al Mobayed

Syria

B.date10/01/1993

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

6 Al Midani

Zaher Al Midani

Syria

B.date13/04/1987

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Omari60

Osama Omari

Syria

B.date10/01/1992

Age24 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Al Mawas

Mahmoud Al Mawas

Syria

B.date01/01/1993

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8 Kharbin

Omar Kharbin

Syria

B.date15/01/1994

Age22 years

H1m86

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Ibrahim Alma		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Hadi Al Masri	17	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Omar Midani		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ahmed Kalasi	46	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Moayad Ajjan		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Nadim Sabagh		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Khaled Al Mobayed	7757	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Zaher Al Midani		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Osama Omari	60	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Mahmoud Al Mawas		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Omar Kharbin		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Eiji Kawashima		33
23	G	Masaaki Higashiguchi		29
20	D	Tomoaki Makino		28
2	D	Gen Shoji		23
3	D	Hiroki Fujiharu		27
19	D	Hiroki Sakai		25
7	M	Yosuke Kashiwagi		28
13	M	Hiroshi Kiyotake	85	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mu Kanazaki	78	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Manabu Saito		25
8	F	Genki Haraguchi	9358	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Mike Havenaar		28

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mosab Balhous		32
23	G	Ahmed Madania		26
14	D	Saad Al Ahmad	46	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Abdulrazaq Al Hussein	60	29	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Ahmed Ashkar	77	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Mahmoud Al Baher		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Takashi Usami

Genki Haraguchi

OUT

Keisuke Honda

Hiroshi Kiyotake

OUT

Shinji Kagawa

Mu Kanazaki

OUT

Shusaku Nishikawa

Masaaki Higashiguchi

OUT

Gotoku Sakai

Hiroki Sakai

OUT

Hotaru Yamaguchi

Yosuke Kashiwagi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Moayad Ajjan

Sanharib Sabah Malki

OUT

Khaled Al Mobayed

Oday Jafal

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Vahid Halilhodzic

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Halilhodzic vs Syria

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2016

Halilhodzic vs Ibrahim

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Fajr Ibrahim

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ibrahim vs Japan

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on March 29, 2016

Ibrahim vs Halilhodzic

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 29, 2016

Referee

Alireza Faghani

4 victories	1 draw	3 losses	Japan8 matches	General total	Syria4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Japan2 matches	Season total	Syria2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 06, 2022					Latest figure on November 16, 2023

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Key figures

Japan keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone running (since 08/06/2005). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/03/1997 (2 matches)

Japan keeps its 8 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Syria running (since 07/06/1983). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Syria after 3 consecutive wins away from home (since 13/10/2015). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/10/2007 (2 matches)

Read the next 30 key stats

General ranking

1	Japan	22 pts	8 rd
2	Syria	18 pts	8 rd
3	Singapore	10 pts	8 rd
4	Afghanistan	9 pts	8 rd
5	Cambodia	0 pt	8 rd

General ranking

1	Japan	22 pts	8 rd
2	Syria	18 pts	8 rd
3	Singapore	10 pts	8 rd
4	Afghanistan	9 pts	8 rd
5	Cambodia	0 pt	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VJapan 2-0 Tunisia27/03/2015

VJapan 5-1 Uzbekistan31/03/2015

VJapan 4-0 Iraq11/06/2015

DJapan 0-0 Singapore16/06/2015

VJapan 3-0 Cambodia03/09/2015

VJapan 5-0 Afghanistan24/03/2016

Overall

VAfghanistan 0-6 Japan08/09/2015

VSyria 0-3 Japan08/10/2015

DIran 1-1 Japan13/10/2015

VSingapore 0-3 Japan12/11/2015

VCambodia 0-2 Japan17/11/2015

VJapan 5-0 Afghanistan24/03/2016

Current form

Away

VTajikistan 2-3 Syria31/03/2015

DLebanon 2-2 Syria24/05/2015

VOman 1-2 Syria05/06/2015

VCambodia 0-6 Syria08/09/2015

LOman 2-1 Syria02/10/2015

VSingapore 1-2 Syria17/11/2015

Overall

LOman 2-1 Syria02/10/2015

LSyria 0-3 Japan08/10/2015

VSyria 5-2 Afghanistan13/10/2015

VSingapore 1-2 Syria17/11/2015

VIraq 0-1 Syria18/03/2016

VSyria 6-0 Cambodia24/03/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	10	9
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	2	10
Invincibility streak	4	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	4	10
Scoring streak	12	4
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.71
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.86
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	6-0 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Keisuke Honda	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Omar Kharbin
Maya Yoshida	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Omar Kharbin
Keisuke Honda	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Omar Kharbin
Shinji Okazaki	4 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 7 matches	Omar Kharbin

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

4 ga

Total

9 matches

8 v

1 d

0 l

21 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

2 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

4 gf

10 ga

Total

9 matches

0 v

1 d

8 l

8 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 08, 2015
Home	3 - 0	February 02, 2005

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

October 08, 2015 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2018

Syria

0 - 3

Japan

January 13, 2011 - Coupe d'Asie 2011

Syria

1 - 2

Japan

November 13, 2008 - Rencontres amicales 2008

Japan

3 - 1

Syria

February 02, 2005 - Rencontres amicales 2005

Japan

3 - 0

Syria

December 06, 1996 - Coupe d'Asie 1996

Japan

2 - 1

Syria

Best historical scorers against Syria

Keisuke Honda	2 goals	2011 - 2015
Makoto Hasebe	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Shinji Okazaki	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Takayuki Suzuki	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Mitsuo Ogasawara	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Yuto Nagatomo	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japan

	Mohamed Al Zeno	1 goal	2008 - 2008
	Feras Al Khatib	1 goal	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Syria

Yuto Nagatomo	3 matches	2008 - 2015
Shinji Kagawa	3 matches	2008 - 2015
Shinji Okazaki	3 matches	2008 - 2015
Yasuyuki Konno	2 matches	2008 - 2011
Makoto Hasebe	2 matches	2011 - 2015
Keisuke Honda	2 matches	2011 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/12/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japan

Feras Ismail	3 matches	2005 - 2011
Mohamed Al Zeno	3 matches	2005 - 2011
Ali Dyab	3 matches	2005 - 2011
Raja Rafe	3 matches	2005 - 2015
Abdelkader Daker	2 matches	2008 - 2011
Abdul Fattah Al Agha	2 matches	2008 - 2011