Japan national football team vs Croatia Statistics and Results
Al Janoub Stadium • 5 Dec 2022
Key Takeaways
AI-generated summary based on match data
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The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Key Moments
D. Maeda
Goal1–0
43'
Half Time
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I. Perisic
Goal1–1
55'
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A. Budimir
Sub In
62'
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B. Petkovic
Sub Out
62'
K. Mitoma
Sub In
64'
Y. Nagatomo
Sub Out
64'
T. Asano
Sub In
64'
D. Maeda
Sub Out
64'
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M. Pasalic
Sub In
68'
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A. Kramaric
Sub Out
68'
H. Sakai
Sub In
75'
D. Kamada
Sub Out
75'
T. Minamino
Sub In
87'
R. Doan
Sub Out
87'
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M. Kovacic
Yellow Card
90'
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N. Vlasic
Sub In
99'
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M. Kovacic
Sub Out
99'
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L. Majer
Sub In
99'
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L. Modric
Sub Out
99'
A. Tanaka
Sub In
106'
H. Morita
Sub Out
106'
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M. Livaja
Sub In
106'
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A. Budimir
Sub Out
106'
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M. Orsic
Sub In
106'
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I. Perisic
Sub Out
106'
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B. Barisic
Yellow Card
116'
Match Momentum
Japan national football teamCroatia
Team Stats
Croatia National Football Team 
42%Possession58%
13Total Shots18
3Shots on Target3
8Corners5
0Fouls1
3Offsides0
0Yellow Cards2
Table Impact
With this result: Draw
Japan national football team+1 pts
9th
7 → 8 pts
Croatia National Football Team +1 pts
7th
10 → 11 pts
•Both teams share the points (1 each)
•Croatia National Football Team move 3 points clear of Japan national football team
•Croatia National Football Team sit 2 places above Japan national football team
Match Commentary
0' First Half starts.
1' Daizen Maeda - Japan - won a free kick on the left wing.
1' Fouled by Dejan Lovren - Croatia
2' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Borna Barisic.
3' Missed chance. Shogo Taniguchi - Japan - shot with the head from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Wataru Endo with a cross after corner.
8' New attacking attempt. Ivan Perisic - Croatia - shot with right foot from a diffucult position on the left is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.
8' Shot blocked. Andrej Kramaric - Croatia - shot with left foot from few metres is blocked.
12' Fouled by Yuto Nagatomo - Japan
12' Josip Juranovic - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
16' Hand ball by Luka Modric - Croatia
18' Fouled by Josko Gvardiol - Croatia
18' Ritsu Doan - Japan - won a free kick in attack.
19' Offside - Japan. Ritsu Doan with a pass, however Daizen Maeda is in offside.
21' Bruno Petkovic - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
21' Fouled by Maya Yoshida - Japan
23' Fouled by Ritsu Doan - Japan
23' Josko Gvardiol - Croatia - won a free kick on the left wing.
24' Missed chance. Josko Gvardiol - Croatia - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Ivan Perisic .
35' Andrej Kramaric - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
35' Fouled by Yuto Nagatomo - Japan
39' Bruno Petkovic - Croatia - won a free kick on the left wing.
39' Fouled by Maya Yoshida - Japan
41' Missed chance. Daichi Kamada - Japan - shot with right foot from a diffucult position on the left missed. Assist - Wataru Endo with a through ball.
43' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Josip Juranovic.
43' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
43' Goal! Japan 1, Croatia 0. Daizen Maeda - Japan - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assist - Maya Yoshida after corner.
45'+2 Corner - Croatia. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
45'+3 First Half ended - Japan 1, Croatia 0.
45' Second Half starts Japan 1, Croatia 0.
46' Missed chance. Daichi Kamada - Japan - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Hidemasa Morita.
49' Missed chance. Mateo Kovacic - Croatia - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left.
50' Missed chance. Hidemasa Morita - Japan - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left.
50' Fouled by Ivan Perisic - Croatia
50' Wataru Endo - Japan - won a free kick on the right wing.
54' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Dejan Lovren.
55' Goal! Japan 1, Croatia 1. Ivan Perisic - Croatia - shot with the head from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Dejan Lovren with a cross.
57' New attacking attempt. Wataru Endo - Japan - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
57' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Dominik Livakovic.
60' Shot blocked. Wataru Endo - Japan - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
60' Shot blocked. Hidemasa Morita - Japan - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Wataru Endo.
60' New attacking attempt. Ritsu Doan - Japan - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Wataru Endo.
61' Fouled by Borna Barisic - Croatia
61' Ritsu Doan - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
62' Substitution - Croatia. Ante Budimir for Bruno Petkovic.
63' New attacking attempt. Luka Modric - Croatia - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Marcelo Brozovic with a head.
63' Corner - Croatia. Conceded by Shuichi Gonda.
64' Substitution - Japan. Kaoru Mitoma for Yuto Nagatomo.
64' Substitution - Japan. Takuma Asano for Daizen Maeda.
66' Shot blocked. Ivan Perisic - Croatia - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Marcelo Brozovic.
66' Shot blocked. Andrej Kramaric - Croatia - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Marcelo Brozovic.
66' Missed chance. Ante Budimir - Croatia - shot with the head from the centre of the box is close, but missed.
68' Substitution - Croatia. Mario Pasalic for Andrej Kramaric.
69' Offside - Japan. Junya Ito with a pass, however Takuma Asano is in offside.
71' Fouled by Borna Barisic - Croatia
71' Ritsu Doan - Japan - won a free kick in attack.
71' Fouled by Takuma Asano - Japan
71' Josip Juranovic - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
73' Corner - Croatia. Conceded by Junya Ito.
74' Dejan Lovren - Croatia - won a free kick in attack.
74' Fouled by Hidemasa Morita - Japan
74' Missed chance. Mario Pasalic - Croatia - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Josip Juranovic with a cross.
75' Substitution - Japan. Hiroki Sakai for Daichi Kamada.
76' Fouled by Ante Budimir - Croatia
76' Wataru Endo - Japan - won a free kick in attack.
77' Shot blocked. Ivan Perisic - Croatia - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Ante Budimir.
77' Corner - Croatia. Conceded by Takehiro Tomiyasu.
78' Fouled by Borna Barisic - Croatia
78' Ritsu Doan - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
79' Fouled by Marcelo Brozovic - Croatia
79' Wataru Endo - Japan - won a free kick on the right wing.
81' Fouled by Wataru Endo - Japan
81' Luka Modric - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
82' Offside - Japan. Shuichi Gonda with a pass, however Takuma Asano is in offside.
82' Fouled by Ante Budimir - Croatia
82' Maya Yoshida - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
83' Ante Budimir - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
83' Fouled by Hidemasa Morita - Japan
86' Missed chance. Mario Pasalic - Croatia - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Borna Barisic with a cross.
87' Substitution - Japan. Takumi Minamino for Ritsu Doan.
87' Fouled by Ivan Perisic - Croatia
87' Wataru Endo - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
88' Borna Barisic - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
88' Fouled by Hiroki Sakai - Japan
90' Fouled by Mateo Kovacic - Croatia
90' Junya Ito - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
90' Mateo Kovacic - Croatia - receive yellow card for a foul.
90'+1 Borna Barisic - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
90'+1 Fouled by Hiroki Sakai - Japan
90'+2 Fouled by Ante Budimir - Croatia
90'+2 Maya Yoshida - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
90'+4 Second Half ended - Japan 1, Croatia 1.
90' First Half Extra Time begins Japan 1, Croatia 1.
92' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
92' Missed chance. Shogo Taniguchi - Japan - shot with the head from a diffucult position on the right is close, but missed. Assist - Junya Ito with a cross after corner.
95' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Mateo Kovacic.
95' Fouled by Takehiro Tomiyasu - Japan
95' Mario Pasalic - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
98' Fouled by Luka Modric - Croatia
98' Hidemasa Morita - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
99' Substitution - Croatia. Nikola Vlasic for Mateo Kovacic.
99' Substitution - Croatia. Lovro Majer for Luka Modric.
101' Shot blocked. Ivan Perisic - Croatia - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
101' Shot blocked. Borna Barisic - Croatia - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.
102' Fouled by Borna Barisic - Croatia
102' Junya Ito - Japan - won a free kick in defence.
105' New attacking attempt. Kaoru Mitoma - Japan - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Takehiro Tomiyasu.
105' Shot blocked. Wataru Endo - Japan - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
105' Shot blocked. Takumi Minamino - Japan - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Takehiro Tomiyasu with a head.
105' Corner - Japan. Conceded by Mario Pasalic.
105'+3 First Half Extra Time ends, Japan 1, Croatia 1.
105' Second Half Extra Time begins Japan 1, Croatia 1.
105' Substitution - Croatia. Marko Livaja for Ante Budimir.
105' Substitution - Croatia. Mislav Orsic for Ivan Perisic.
105' Substitution - Japan. Ao Tanaka for Hidemasa Morita.
110' Fouled by Ao Tanaka - Japan
110' Lovro Majer - Croatia - won a free kick in defence.
111' Corner - Croatia. Conceded by Junya Ito.
114' New attacking attempt. Marko Livaja - Croatia - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Josip Juranovic.
116' Fouled by Borna Barisic - Croatia
116' Junya Ito - Japan - won a free kick on the right wing.
116' Borna Barisic - Croatia - receive yellow card for a foul.
120'+1 Shot blocked. Mislav Orsic - Croatia - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Marcelo Brozovic.
120'+1 Missed chance. Lovro Majer - Croatia - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Mislav Orsic.
120'+2 Second Half Extra Time ends, Japan 1, Croatia 1.
120' Penalty Shootout begins Japan 1, Croatia 1.
120' Penalty saved! Takumi Minamino - Japan - fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, shot with right foot saved in the centre of the goal.
120' Goal! Japan 1, Croatia 1 - 1 Nikola Vlasic - Croatia - converts the penalty with a shot with right foot to the left corner.
120' Penalty saved! Kaoru Mitoma - Japan - fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, shot with right foot saved in the left corner.
120' Goal! Japan 1, Croatia 1 - 2 Marcelo Brozovic - Croatia - converts the penalty with a shot with right foot to the centre of the goal.
120' Goal! Japan 1 - 1 - , Croatia 1 - 2 Takuma Asano - Japan - converts the penalty with a shot with right foot to the right corner.
120' Penalty missed! Still Japan 1 - 1 - , Croatia 1 - 2 Marko Livaja - Croatia - hits the left post with a shot with right foot.
120' Penalty saved! Maya Yoshida - Japan - fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, shot with right foot saved in the left corner.
120' Goal! Japan 1 - 1 - , Croatia 1 - 3 Mario Pasalic - Croatia - converts the penalty with a shot with right foot to the left corner.
120' Penalty Shootout ends, Japan 1 - 1 - , Croatia 1 - 3
0' Thats all. Game finished - Japan 1 - 1 - , Croatia 1 - 3
Starting Lineups
Japan national football team
| Pos | No | Name |
|---|---|---|
| G | 71 | Shuichi Gonda |
| D | 4 | Maya Yoshida |
| D | 55 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| D | - | Shogo Taniguchi |
| D | 32 | Takehiro Tomiyasu |
| M | 3 | Wataru Endo |
| M | 18 | Daichi Kamada |
| M | 5 | Hidemasa Morita |
| F | 20 | Ritsu Doan |
| F | - | Junya Ito |
| F | 38 | Daizen Maeda |
Croatia National Football Team
| Pos | No | Name |
|---|---|---|
| G | 1 | Dominik Livaković |
| D | 6 | Dejan Lovren |
| D | 4 | Borna Barišić |
| D | 18 | Josip Juranović |
| D | 24 | Joško Gvardiol |
| M | 14 | Luka Modrić |
| F | 5 | Ivan Perišić |
| M | 11 | Marcelo Brozović |
| M | 8 | Mateo Kovačić |
| M | 27 | Andrej Kramarić |
| F | 9 | Bruno Petković |
Substitutes
10. Gaku Shibasaki, Yuki Soma, 1. Daniel Schmidt, 9. Ayase Ueda, 18. Shuto Machino, 2. Hiroki Sakai, 21. Hiroki Ito, 2. Miki Yamane, Ao Tanaka, 22. Kaoru Mitoma, 18. Takumi Minamino, 11. Takuma Asano, 1. Eiji Kawashima
24. Luka Sučić, 37. Josip Šutalo, 17. Kristijan Jakić, 17. Mislav Oršić, 1. Ivica Ivušić, 8. Mario Pašalić, 17. Ante Budimir, 10. Marko Livaja, 6. Martin Erlić, 10. Lovro Majer, 21. Domagoj Vida, 10. Nikola Vlašić, 13. Ivo Grbić
Head-to-Head History
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