Japan vs Costa Rica 0:1. Match details

Japan hosted Costa Rica at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium. K. Fuller drop first goal at 81 minute of the match.

Goalscorers:

• K.Fuller at 81 minute (0 : 1) (Costa Rica)

Line-ups:

Japan Shuichi Gonda (rating 5.6) Miki Yamane (rating 6.9) Ko Itakura (rating 6.9) Maya Yoshida (rating 7.2) Yuto Nagatomo (rating 6.6) Wataru Endo (rating 5.9) Hidemasa Morita (rating 6.7) Ritsu Doan (rating 6.9) Daichi Kamada (rating 6.5) Yuki Soma (rating 6.6) Ayase Ueda (rating 6.7)

Costa Rica Keylor Navas (rating 7.3) Keysher Fuller (rating 7.5) Óscar Duarte (rating 7.2) Kendall Waston (rating 7.2) Francisco Calvo (rating 7.2) Bryan Oviedo (rating 6.9) Gerson Torres (rating 6.3) Celso Borges (rating 7.2) Yeltsin Tejeda (rating 7.2) Joel Campbell (rating 7) Anthony Contreras (rating 6.7)

Substitutions:

Japan H. Ito (Y. Nagatomo, 46) T. Asano (A. Ueda, 46) K. Mitoma (M. Yamane, 62) J. Ito (R. Doan, 67) T. Minamino (Y. Soma, 82)

Costa Rica B. Aguilera (G. Torres, 65) J. Bennette (A. Contreras, 65) Y. Salas (C. Borges, 89) D. Chacon (J. Campbell, 90)

Ball possession:

• Japan — 57%
• Costa Rica — 43%

In total two teams made 17 shots on target and shot 4 on goal:

• Japan: 13 shots on target, 3 on goal. The most active in terms of the number of shots was — Yuki Soma.
• Costa Rica: 4 shots on target, 1 on goal. Best in hits on goal – Keysher Fuller.

Passes:

Best players for each teams with pass accuracy:

• Maya Yoshida (Japan) — pass accuracy 94%, total passes 118
• Francisco Calvo (Costa Rica) — pass accuracy 87%, total passes 74

Who made the most key passes from each teams:

• Takuma Asano (Japan) — 2 key passes
• Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica) — 1 key passes

Defense:

• Intercepts. Number of interceptions for Japan — 5 (leader — Miki Yamane, 2). Costa Rica — 9 (Óscar Duarte has the most, 2).
• Ball tackles. Japan — 1 (Ayase Ueda, 1). Costa Rica — 6 (Yeltsin Tejeda — 4).

Face-to-face:

By the number of face-to-face fights for ball the leaders in the teams are:

• Wataru Endo, Japan (7)
• Joel Campbell, Costa Rica (15)

Fouls:

Yellow cards:

• M. Yamane (Japan) at 44 minute
• K. Itakura (Japan) at 84 minute
• W. Endo (Japan) at 90 minute
• A. Contreras (Costa Rica) at 41 minute
• C. Borges (Costa Rica) at 61 minute
• F. Calvo (Costa Rica) at 70 minute

The last five games (including this match):

• Japan – L
• Costa Rica – W

Top 5 World Cup scorers:

1. Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (3, Senegal)
2. Boulaye Dia (3, Senegal)
3. Enner Valencia (3, Ecuador)
4. Kylian Mbappé (3, France)
5. Mohammed Muntari (3, Qatar)

Next games:

• Japan will play with Spain. December 01, on Khalifa International Stadium.
• Costa Rica will play with Germany. December 01, on Al Bayt Stadium.