Japan vs Croatia 1:1. What is interesting to know about the match

Japan and Croatia played today at the Al Janoub Stadium. D. Maeda drop first goal at 43 minute of the match.

Goalscorers:

• D.Maeda at 43 minute (1 : 0) (Japan)
• I.Perisic at 55 minute (1 : 1) (Croatia)
• T.Minamino at 120 minute (2 : 1) (Japan)
• K.Mitoma at 120 minute (3 : 1) (Japan)
• T.Asano at 120 minute (4 : 1) (Japan)
• M.Yoshida at 120 minute (5 : 1) (Japan)
• N.Vlasic at 120 minute (5 : 2) (Croatia)
• M.Brozovic at 120 minute (5 : 3) (Croatia)
• M.Livaja at 120 minute (5 : 4) (Croatia)
• M.Pasalic at 120 minute (5 : 5) (Croatia)

Line-ups:

Japan Shuichi Gonda (rating 6.9) Takehiro Tomiyasu (rating 6.7) Maya Yoshida (rating 7.3) Shogo Taniguchi (rating 6.7) Junya Ito (rating 7.2) Wataru Endo (rating 8.3) Hidemasa Morita (rating 6.7) Yuto Nagatomo (rating 6.9) Ritsu Doan (rating 7) Daizen Maeda (rating 7.2) Daichi Kamada (rating 6.6)

Croatia Dominik Livaković (rating 7.2) Josip Juranović (rating 7.2) Dejan Lovren (rating 7.7) Joško Gvardiol (rating 7.2) Borna Barišić (rating 7) Luka Modrić (rating 6.7) Marcelo Brozović (rating 7.5) Mateo Kovačić (rating 6.9) Andrej Kramarić (rating 6.6) Bruno Petković (rating 6.7) Ivan Perišić (rating 7.2)

Substitutions:

Japan K. Mitoma (Y. Nagatomo, 64) T. Asano (D. Maeda, 64) H. Sakai (D. Kamada, 75) T. Minamino (R. Doan, 87) A. Tanaka (H. Morita, 106)

Croatia A. Budimir (B. Petkovic, 62) M. Pasalic (A. Kramaric, 68) N. Vlasic (M. Kovacic, 99) L. Majer (L. Modric, 99) M. Orsic (I. Perisic, 106) M. Livaja (A. Budimir, 106)

Ball possession:

• Japan — 42%
• Croatia — 58%

In total two teams made 30 shots on target and shot 8 on goal:

• Japan: 13 shots on target, 4 on goal. The most active in terms of the number of shots was — Shogo Taniguchi.
• Croatia: 17 shots on target, 4 on goal. Best in hits on goal – Ivan Perišić.

Passes:

Best players for each teams with pass accuracy:

• Wataru Endo (Japan) — pass accuracy 88%, total passes 68
• Marcelo Brozović (Croatia) — pass accuracy 88%, total passes 130

Who made the most key passes from each teams:

• Wataru Endo (Japan) — 4 key passes
• Marcelo Brozović (Croatia) — 4 key passes

Defense:

• Intercepts.Number of interceptions for Japan — 6 (leader — Junya Ito, 2).Croatia — 7 (Joško Gvardiol has the most, 3).
• Ball tackles.Japan — 7 (Takehiro Tomiyasu, 2). Croatia — 4 (Dejan Lovren — 1).

Face-to-face:

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

• Wataru Endo, Japan (9)
• Borna Barišić, Croatia (9)

Fouls:

Yellow cards:

• M. Kovacic (Croatia) at 90 minute
• B. Barisic (Croatia) at 116 minute

Penalties in a match:

• T. Asano (Japan) at 120 minute
• N. Vlasic (Croatia) at 120 minute
• M. Brozovic (Croatia) at 120 minute
• M. Pasalic (Croatia) at 120 minute

The last five games (including this match):

• Japan –
• Croatia –

Top 5 World Cup scorers:

1. Kylian Mbappé (5, France)
2. Marcus Rashford (3, England)
3. Lionel Messi (3, Argentina)
4. Olivier Giroud (3, France)
5. Enner Valencia (3, Ecuador)

Next games:

• Japan will play with . , on .
• Croatia will play with . , on .