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Japan 0-1 Poland - June 28, 2018 / World Cup 2018

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World Cup 2018 - Round 3 - Group H

Volgograd Arena - Volgograd - Russia

June 28, 2018 - 16:00

42 189

Japan

0 - 1

Poland

59'

Jan Bednarek (right foot) Assist by Rafal Kurzawa

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47' - Substitution Shinji Okazakiis substituted by Yuya Osako47

59' - Goal Jan Bednarek

65' - Substitution Takashi Usamiis substituted by Takashi Inui65

66' - Yellow card Tomoaki Makino66

79' - Substitution Piotr Zielinskiis substituted by Lukasz Teodorczyk

80' - Substitution Rafal Kurzawais substituted by Slawomir Peszko

82' - Substitution Yoshinori Mutois substituted by Makoto Hasebe82

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Team line-ups

Japan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

13Muto82

Yoshinori Muto

Japan

B.date15/07/1992

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

11Usami65

Takashi Usami

Japan

B.date06/05/1992

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

9Okazaki47

Shinji Okazaki

Japan

B.date16/04/1986

Age32 years

H1m73

positionStriker

21G. Sakai

Gotoku Sakai

Japan

B.date14/03/1991

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

7Shibasaki

Gaku Shibasaki

Japan

B.date28/05/1992

Age26 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

16Yamaguchi

Hotaru Yamaguchi

Japan

B.date06/10/1990

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Nagatomo

Yuto Nagatomo

Japan

B.date12/09/1986

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

20Makino66

Tomoaki Makino

Japan

B.date11/05/1987

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

22Yoshida

Maya Yoshida

Japan

B.date24/08/1988

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

19H. Sakai

Hiroki Sakai

Japan

B.date12/04/1990

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

1Kawashima

Eiji Kawashima

Japan

B.date20/03/1983

Age35 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Eiji Kawashima		35	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Tomoaki Makino	66	31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Maya Yoshida		29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Yuto Nagatomo		31	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Hiroki Sakai		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Gotoku Sakai		27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Hotaru Yamaguchi		27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Gaku Shibasaki		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Takashi Usami	65	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Yoshinori Muto	82	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Shinji Okazaki	47	32	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Poland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Grosicki

Kamil Grosicki

Poland

B.date08/06/1988

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft Winger

9Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski

Poland

B.date21/08/1988

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

19Zielinski79

Piotr Zielinski

Poland

B.date20/05/1994

Age24 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

3Jedrzejczyk

Artur Jedrzejczyk

Poland

B.date04/11/1987

Age30 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

6Goralski

Jacek Goralski

Poland

B.date21/09/1992

Age25 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

10Krychowiak

Grzegorz Krychowiak

Poland

B.date29/01/1990

Age28 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

21Kurzawa80

Rafal Kurzawa

Poland

B.date29/01/1993

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

5Bednarek59

Jan Bednarek

Poland

B.date12/04/1996

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

15Glik

Kamil Glik

Poland

B.date03/02/1988

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

18Bereszynski

Bartosz Bereszynski

Poland

B.date12/07/1992

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

22Fabianski

Lukasz Fabianski

Poland

B.date18/04/1985

Age33 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Lukasz Fabianski		33	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Bednarek	59	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Artur Jedrzejczyk		30	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Kamil Glik		30	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Bartosz Bereszynski		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Grzegorz Krychowiak		28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Jacek Goralski		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Rafal Kurzawa	80	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Piotr Zielinski	79	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kamil Grosicki		30	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Robert Lewandowski		29	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Masaaki Higashiguchi		32
23	G	Kosuke Nakamura		23
17	D	Makoto Hasebe	82	34	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Naomichi Ueda		23
3	D	Gen Shoji		25
18	D	Ryota Oshima		25
6	M	Wataru Endo		25
14	M	Takashi Inui	65	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Shinji Kagawa		29
4	M	Keisuke Honda		32
15	F	Yuya Osako	47	28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Genki Haraguchi		27

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Wojciech Szczesny		28
12	G	Bartosz Bialkowski		30
4	D	Thiago Cionek		32
2	D	Michal Pazdan		30
13	D	Maciej Rybus		28
20	D	Lukasz Piszczek		33
8	M	Karol Linetty		23
17	M	Slawomir Peszko	80	33	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Jakub Blaszczykowski		32
14	F	Lukasz Teodorczyk	79	27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Dawid Kownacki		21
7	F	Arkadiusz Milik		24

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shinji Okazaki

Shinji Kagawa

OUT

Gotoku Sakai

Genki Haraguchi

OUT

Takashi Usami

Takashi Inui

OUT

Yoshinori Muto

Yuya Osako

OUT

Tomoaki Makino

Gen Shoji

OUT

Hotaru Yamaguchi

Makoto Hasebe

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lukasz Fabianski

Wojciech Szczesny

OUT

Artur Jedrzejczyk

Michal Pazdan

OUT

Kamil Grosicki

Dawid Kownacki

OUT

Kamil Glik

Lukasz Piszczek

OUT

Rafal Kurzawa

Maciej Rybus

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Akira Nishino

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Nishino vs Poland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 28, 2018

Nishino vs Nawalka

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 28, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Adam Nawalka

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Nawalka vs Japan

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 28, 2018

Nawalka vs Nishino

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 28, 2018

Referee

Janny Sikazwe

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Poland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Poland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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4th official

Ricardo Montero

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Poland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Poland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on June 28, 2018					Latest figure on June 28, 2018

Video referee

Daniele Orsato

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	General total	Poland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Japan1 match	Season total	Poland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Important actions

90+3'		End of game.
90'		There will be 3 min. of additional time.
82'		Artur Jedrzejczyk voit sa tentative headershot from inside the box, qui prenait le chemin des buts, être détournée par un adversaire.
82'		Corner, conceded by Yuya Osako.
82'		Yoshinori Muto is substituted by Makoto Hasebe.
81'		Corner, conceded by Eiji Kawashima.
80'		Rafal Kurzawa is substituted by Slawomir Peszko.
79'		Piotr Zielinski is substituted by Lukasz Teodorczyk.
78'		Kamil Glik misses the target headershot from inside the box.
78'		Corner, conceded by Tomoaki Makino.
74'		Robert Lewandowski misses the target with the right foot from inside the box.
72'		Corner, conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
72'		Maya Yoshida misses the target headershot from inside the box.
68'		Kamil Grosicki misses the target headershot from inside the box.
66'		Yellow card! Tomoaki Makino is shown a YELLOW CARD.
65'		Hiroki Sakai is caught offside.
65'		Takashi Usami is substituted by Takashi Inui.
64'		Piotr Zielinski voit sa tentative with the left foot from outside the box, qui prenait le chemin des buts, être détournée par un adversaire.
62'		Takashi Usami voit sa tentative with the right foot from inside the box, qui prenait le chemin des buts, être détournée par un adversaire.
59'		GOOOAAAAL!! Jan Bednarek scores. Assist by Rafal Kurzawa.
57'		Corner, conceded by Kamil Glik.
53'		Takashi Usami voit sa tentative with the right foot from outside the box, qui prenait le chemin des buts, être détournée par un adversaire.
51'		Foul on Yuya Osako conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
50'		Foul on Takashi Usami conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
47'		Shinji Okazaki is substituted by Yuya Osako.
45'		Second half.
45+1'		Half time.
45'		There will be 1 min. of additional time.
41'		Tomoaki Makino misses the target headershot from inside the box.
40'		Corner, conceded by Jan Bednarek.
39'		Corner, conceded by Rafal Kurzawa.
37'		Rafal Kurzawa misses the target with the right foot from inside the box.
37'		Corner, conceded by Tomoaki Makino.
35'		Takashi Usami shoots with the right foot from inside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
33'		Jacek Goralski misses the target with the right foot from outside the box.
32'		Kamil Grosicki oblige headershot from inside the box le gardien à un arrêt de grande classe.
32'		Corner, conceded by Hiroki Sakai.
29'		Foul on Grzegorz Krychowiak conceded by Shinji Okazaki.
27'		Corner, conceded by Kamil Glik.
24'		Foul on Yuto Nagatomo conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
23'		Rafal Kurzawa voit sa tentative with the left foot from outside the box, qui prenait le chemin des buts, être détournée par un adversaire.
20'		Corner, conceded by Hiroki Sakai.
17'		Foul on Takashi Usami conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
16'		Gotoku Sakai shoots with the left foot from outside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
15'		Robert Lewandowski voit sa tentative with the right foot from outside the box, qui prenait le chemin des buts, être détournée par un adversaire.
13'		Yoshinori Muto shoots with the right foot from outside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
9'		Foul on Jacek Goralski conceded by Gaku Shibasaki.
8'		Foul on Shinji Okazaki conceded by Artur Jedrzejczyk.
1'		Corner, conceded by Maya Yoshida.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

End of streak for Poland after 4 consecutive matches without a win surterrainneutre (since 25/06/2016). It was the best streak for the club since 11/06/1986-01/06/1988 (5 matches).

Poland keeps its 10 consecutive matches without a draw surterrainneutre in World Cup running (since 07/06/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/06/1978 (4 matches)

Poland keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw in World Cup running (since 07/06/1986). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/06/1978 (5 matches)

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

+2	1	Colombia	6 pts	3 rd
-1	2	Japan	4 pts	3 rd
-1	3	Senegal	4 pts	3 rd
	4	Poland	3 pts	3 rd

General ranking

+2	1	Colombia	6 pts	3 rd
-1	2	Japan	4 pts	3 rd
-1	3	Senegal	4 pts	3 rd
	4	Poland	3 pts	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LJapan 1-3 Brazil10/11/2017

DJapan 1-1 Mali23/03/2018

LJapan 1-2 Ukraine27/03/2018

VJapan 4-2 Paraguay12/06/2018

VColombia 1-2 Japan19/06/2018

DJapan 2-2 Senegal24/06/2018

Overall

LJapan 1-2 Ukraine27/03/2018

LJapan 0-2 Ghana30/05/2018

LSwitzerland 2-0 Japan08/06/2018

VJapan 4-2 Paraguay12/06/2018

VColombia 1-2 Japan19/06/2018

DJapan 2-2 Senegal24/06/2018

Current form

Neutral ground

DGermany 0-0 Poland16/06/2016

VUkraine 0-1 Poland21/06/2016

DSwitzerland 1-1 Poland25/06/2016

DPoland 1-1 Portugal30/06/2016

LPoland 1-2 Senegal19/06/2018

LPoland 0-3 Colombia24/06/2018

Overall

LPoland 0-1 Nigeria23/03/2018

VPoland 3-2 South Korea27/03/2018

DPoland 2-2 Chile08/06/2018

VPoland 4-0 Lithuania12/06/2018

LPoland 1-2 Senegal19/06/2018

LPoland 0-3 Colombia24/06/2018

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	14	3
Conceding streak	6	9

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	2

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Keisuke Honda	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Grzegorz Krychowiak
Keisuke Honda	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Grzegorz Krychowiak
Shinji Kagawa	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Shinji Kagawa	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Keisuke Honda	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Kamil Grosicki
Keisuke Honda	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Kamil Grosicki
Takashi Inui	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Grzegorz Krychowiak

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

5 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 19, 1996
Neutral ground	5 - 0	February 19, 1996

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

March 27, 2002 - Rencontres amicales 2002

Poland

0 - 2

Japan

February 19, 1996 - Carlsberg Cup 1996

Japan

5 - 0

Poland

Best historical scorers against Poland

Takuya Takagi	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Naohiro Takahara	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Motohiro Yamaguchi	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Kazuyoshi Miura	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Hidetoshi Nakata	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Norio Omura	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/02/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japan

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/02/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Poland

Takashi Fukunishi	1 match	2002 - 2002
Yutaka Akita	1 match	1996 - 1996
Takayuki Suzuki	1 match	2002 - 2002
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	1 match	1996 - 1996
Shinji Ono	1 match	2002 - 2002
Yasuto Honda	1 match	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/02/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japan

Ryszard Czerwiec	1 match	1996 - 1996
Jacek Bak	1 match	2002 - 2002
Zbigniew Wyciszkiewicz	1 match	1996 - 1996
Piotr Swierczewski	1 match	2002 - 2002
Grzegorz Kaliciak	1 match	1996 - 1996
Tomasz Iwan	1 match	2002 - 2002