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Japon 3-0 Costa Rica - September 11, 2018 / Rencontres amicales 2018

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Rencontres amicales 2018 - Intercontinental

Panasonic Stadium Suita - Suita - Japan

September 11, 2018

3 - 0

Costa Rica

Assist by Shoya NakajimaSho Sasaki

16'

Assist by Wataru EndoTakumi Minamino

66'

Assist by Takuma AsanoJunya Ito

90+3'

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16' - Goal Sho Sasaki16

33' - Yellow card Allan Cruz

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46' - Substitution Leonel Moreirais substituted by Kevin Briceño photo Luis José Hernandez

46' - Substitution Bryan Oviedois substituted by Luis José Hernandez photo Wilmer Azofeifa

46' - Substitution Allan Cruzis substituted by Wilmer Azofeifa

56' - Substitution Mayron Georgeis substituted by Jonathan Moya

62' - Substitution Randall Lealis substituted by Jimmy Marin

66' - Goal Takumi Minamino66

67' - Substitution Juan Pablo Vargasis substituted by Daniel Colindres

68' - Substitution Yuki Kobayashiis substituted by Takuma Asano68

75' - Substitution Shoya Nakajimais substituted by Jun Amano75

77' - Yellow card Oscar Duarte

78' - Substitution Sho Sasakiis substituted by Shintaro Kurumaya78

82' - Substitution Sei Muroyais substituted by Hidemasa Morita82

85' - Substitution Ritsu Doanis substituted by Junya Ito85

87' - Substitution Toshihiro Aoyamais substituted by Kento Misao87

93' - Goal Junya Ito93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Japon

3 - 0

Costa Rica

Japon Costa Rica

Team line-ups

Japon

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

13Kobayashi68

Yuki Kobayashi

Japan

B.date24/04/1992

Age26 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

10Nakajima75

Shoya Nakajima

Japan

B.date23/08/1994

Age24 years

H1m64

positionLeft Winger

8Minamino66

Takumi Minamino

Japan

B.date16/01/1995

Age23 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

21Doan85

Ritsu Doan

Japan

B.date16/06/1998

Age20 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6Endo

Wataru Endo

Japan

B.date09/02/1993

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Aoyama87

Toshihiro Aoyama

Japan

B.date22/02/1986

Age32 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Sasaki1678

Sho Sasaki

Japan

B.date02/10/1989

Age28 years

H1m76

positionDefender

20Makino

Tomoaki Makino

Japan

B.date11/05/1987

Age31 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

19Miura

Genta Miura

Japan

B.date01/03/1995

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

3Muroya82

Sei Muroya

Japan

B.date05/04/1994

Age24 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

12Higashiguchi

Masaaki Higashiguchi

Japan

B.date12/05/1986

Age32 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Masaaki Higashiguchi		32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sho Sasaki	1678	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Tomoaki Makino		31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Genta Miura		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Sei Muroya	82	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Toshihiro Aoyama	87	32	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Wataru Endo		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Yuki Kobayashi	68	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ritsu Doan	85	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Shoya Nakajima	75	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Takumi Minamino	66	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Costa Rica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11George56

Mayron George

Costa Rica

B.date23/10/1993

Age24 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

7Ramirez

David Ramirez

Costa Rica

B.date28/05/1993

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre forward

22Leal62

Randall Leal

Costa Rica

B.date14/01/1997

Age21 years

positionPlaymaker

5Cruz4633

Allan Cruz

Costa Rica

B.date24/02/1996

Age22 years

positionCentre Midfield

20Guzman

David Guzman

Costa Rica

B.date18/02/1990

Age28 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Oviedo46

Bryan Oviedo

Costa Rica

B.date18/02/1990

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

4Smith

Ian Smith

Costa Rica

B.date06/03/1998

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

2Vargas67

Juan Pablo Vargas

Costa Rica

B.date06/06/1995

Age23 years

H1m92

positionLeft full-back

6Duarte77

Oscar Duarte

Costa Rica

B.date03/06/1989

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

19Brown

Keyner Brown

Costa Rica

B.date30/12/1991

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

23Moreira46

Leonel Moreira

Costa Rica

B.date04/02/1990

Age28 years

H1m76

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Leonel Moreira	46	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Keyner Brown		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Oscar Duarte	77	29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Bryan Oviedo	46	28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Juan Pablo Vargas	67	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ian Smith		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	David Guzman		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Allan Cruz	4633	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Randall Leal	62	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Mayron George	56	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	David Ramirez		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Shuichi Gonda		29
1	G	Daniel Schmidt		26
22	D	Takehiro Tomiyasu		19
2	D	Naomichi Ueda		23
5	D	Shintaro Kurumaya	78	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Kento Misao	87	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Hidemasa Morita	82	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Takuma Asano	68	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jun Amano	75	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Junya Ito	9385	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Tatsuya Ito		21
9	F	Kenyu Sugimoto		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Kevin Briceño	46	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
1	G	Esteban Alvarado		29
3	D	Luis José Hernandez	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Cristian Gamboa		28
14	M	Wilmer Azofeifa	46	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jonathan Martínez		20
12	M	Elias Aguilar		26
9	F	Daniel Colindres	67	33	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Jonathan Moya	56	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Jimmy Marin	62	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Rodney Wallace		30

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Toshihiro Aoyama

Makoto Hasebe

OUT

Masaaki Higashiguchi

Eiji Kawashima

OUT

Takumi Minamino

Shinji Kagawa

OUT

Sho Sasaki

Yuto Nagatomo

OUT

Ritsu Doan

Genki Haraguchi

OUT

Genta Miura

Maya Yoshida

OUT

Shoya Nakajima

Takashi Inui

OUT

Yuki Kobayashi

Yuya Osako

OUT

Sei Muroya

Hiroki Sakai

OUT

Tomoaki Makino

Gen Shoji

OUT

Wataru Endo

Gaku Shibasaki

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Leonel Moreira

Esteban Alvarado

OUT

Juan Pablo Vargas

Francisco Calvo

OUT

Randall Leal

Elias Aguilar

OUT

Keyner Brown

Cristian Gamboa

OUT

David Ramirez

Daniel Colindres

OUT

Ian Smith

Jimmy Marin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hajime Moriyasu

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Moriyasu vs Costa Rica

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 2018

Moriyasu vs Ramírez

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Óscar Ramírez

Ronald González

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Ramírez vs Japon

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 2018

Ramírez vs Moriyasu

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 11, 2018

Referee

Muhammad Jahari

4 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Japon4 matches	General total	Costa Rica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Japon1 match	Season total	Costa Rica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 16, 2023					Latest figure on September 11, 2018

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Japon keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Rencontres amicales running (since 10/11/2017). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/10/2001-09/09/2009 time period (6 matches).

It's the first time Junya Ito scores 1 goal in Rencontres amicales

Costa Rica keeps its 17 consecutive matches without a draw in Rencontres amicales running (since 05/09/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 03/03/1951-23/08/1959 time period (20 matches).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VJapon 2-1 New Zealand06/10/2017

DJapon 3-3 Haiti10/10/2017

VJapon 1-0 North Korea09/12/2017

VJapon 2-1 China12/12/2017

LJapon 1-4 South Korea16/12/2017

LJapon 0-2 Ghana30/05/2018

Overall

LSwitzerland 2-0 Japon08/06/2018

VJapon 4-2 Paraguay12/06/2018

VColombia 1-2 Japon19/06/2018

DJapon 2-2 Senegal24/06/2018

LJapon 0-1 Poland28/06/2018

LBelgium 3-2 Japon02/07/2018

Current form

Away

LSpain 5-0 Costa Rica11/11/2017

LHungary 1-0 Costa Rica14/11/2017

VScotland 0-1 Costa Rica23/03/2018

LEngland 2-0 Costa Rica07/06/2018

LBelgium 4-1 Costa Rica11/06/2018

LSouth Korea 2-0 Costa Rica07/09/2018

Overall

LEngland 2-0 Costa Rica07/06/2018

LBelgium 4-1 Costa Rica11/06/2018

LCosta Rica 0-1 Serbia17/06/2018

LBrazil 2-0 Costa Rica22/06/2018

DSwitzerland 2-2 Costa Rica27/06/2018

LSouth Korea 2-0 Costa Rica07/09/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	11

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	9	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	6
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.83
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Takashi Inui	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Bryan Ruiz
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Bryan Ruiz
Shinji Kagawa	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Giancarlo Gonzalez
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Bryan Oviedo
Shinji Kagawa	1 goal, 2 assists during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	Joel Campbell

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 06, 1995
Home	3 - 0	August 06, 1995

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

June 02, 2014 - Rencontres amicales 2014

Costa Rica

1 - 3

Japon

April 17, 2002 - Rencontres amicales 2002

Japon

1 - 1

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August 06, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995

Japon

3 - 0

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Best historical scorers against Costa Rica

Hiroshi Nanami	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Masahiro Fukuda	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Shinji Kagawa	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Yoichiro Kakitani	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	1 goal	1995 - 1995
Yasuhito Endo	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/08/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japon

	Winston Parks	1 goal	2002 - 2002
	Bryan Ruiz	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/08/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Costa Rica

Hiraoki Morishima	2 matches	1995 - 2002
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa	1 match	1995 - 1995
Yuto Nagatomo	1 match	2014 - 2014
Akinori Nishizawa	1 match	2002 - 2002
Masahiro Fukuda	1 match	1995 - 1995
Yoichiro Kakitani	1 match	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/08/1995. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japon

Juan José Rodriguez	1 match	2002 - 2002
José Miguel Cubero	1 match	2014 - 2014
Steven Bryce	1 match	2002 - 2002
Winston Parks	1 match	2002 - 2002
Mauricio Wright	1 match	2002 - 2002
Michael Umaña	1 match	2014 - 2014