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2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three
Australia
2-2-0
, 8 PTS
1
Japan
2-1-1
, 7 PTS
1
Mile Jedinak
- 52' Pen
Genki Haraguchi
- 5'
Summary
Report
Statistics
Line-Ups
AUS
No.
Name
1
Mathew Ryan
19
Ryan McGowan
14
Brad Smith
6
Matthew Spiranovic
20
Trent Sainsbury
23
Tom Rogic
15
Mile Jedinak
13
Aaron Mooy
7
Mathew Leckie
21
Massimo Luongo
9
Apostolos Giannou
10
Robbie Kruse
9
Tomi Juric
4
Tim Cahill
Substitutes
12
Mitch Langerak
18
Adam Federici
3
Alex Gersbach
8
Bailey Wright
18
James Jeggo
22
Jackson Irvine
11
Christopher Ikonomidis
5
Mark Milligan
19
Craig Goodwin
JPN
No.
Name
12
Shusaku Nishikawa
22
Maya Yoshida
6
Masato Morishige
5
Tomoaki Makino
21
Gotoku Sakai
16
Hotaru Yamaguchi
17
Makoto Hasebe
10
Shinji Kagawa
13
Yu Kobayashi
13
Hiroshi Kiyotake
--
Genki Haraguchi
5
Yuichi Maruyama
4
Keisuke Honda
--
Takuma Asano
Substitutes
1
Eiji Kawashima
23
Masaaki Higashiguchi
3
Kosuke Ota
2
Naomichi Ueda
16
Yosuke Kashiwagi
--
Manabu Saito
--
Ryota Oshima
11
Kensuke Nagai
9
Shinji Okazaki
Game Information
Marvel Stadium
5:00 AM, October 11, 2016
Melbourne, Australia
FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings
Team
GP
W
D
L
GD
P
South Korea
9
5
4
0
+9
19
Jordan
9
4
4
1
+9
16
Iraq
9
3
3
3
-1
12
Oman
9
3
1
5
-5
10
Palestine
9
2
3
4
-3
9
Kuwait
9
0
5
4
-9
5
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