FIFA Women's World Cup

Japan

Past match
Japan won.
Japan beat Spain
Spain 0 – 4 Japan
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Match Details

Sky Stadium (Wellington) · 20,957 fans · FOX View tournament bracket →

Line Score

12T
JPN 31 4
ESP 00 0

Match Leaders

Spain
  • JH Jenni Hermoso — 3Total Shots
  • MR Misa Rodríguez — 1Saves
Japan
  • HM Hinata Miyazawa — 2Goals
  • HM Hinata Miyazawa — 2Total Shots
  • AY Ayaka Yamashita — 2Saves

FIFA Women's World Cup Standings

TeamGPWDLGDPts
Japan 3300+119
Spain 3201+46
Zambia 3102-83
Costa Rica 3003-70

Key Events

89'Oihane Hernández (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85'Substitution, Japan. Hina Sugita replaces Jun Endo.
82'Goal! Japan 4, Spain 0. Mina Tanaka (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Miyabi Moriya.
82'Substitution, Spain. Esther González replaces Salma Paralluelo.
72'Substitution, Spain. Claudia Zornoza replaces Teresa Abelleira.
68'Substitution, Japan. Mina Tanaka replaces Riko Ueki.
62'Substitution, Spain. Eva Navarro replaces Mariona Caldentey.
62'Substitution, Spain. Alba Redondo replaces Alexia Putellas.
59'Substitution, Japan. Miyabi Moriya replaces Risa Shimizu.
59'Substitution, Japan. Yui Hasegawa replaces Fuka Nagano.
45'Substitution, Spain. Oihane Hernández replaces Olga Carmona.
45'Substitution, Japan. Aoba Fujino replaces Hinata Miyazawa.
45'+1'Olga Carmona (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40'Goal! Japan 3, Spain 0. Hinata Miyazawa (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Riko Ueki following a fast break.
29'Goal! Japan 2, Spain 0. Riko Ueki (Japan) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Hinata Miyazawa following a fast break.
12'Goal! Japan 1, Spain 0. Hinata Miyazawa (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jun Endo with a through ball.

Team Stats

SpainJapan
General
77.1 Possession % 22.9
10 Shots 7
2 On Target 5
0 Offsides 1
3 Corners 0
12 Fouls 3
Passing & Defense
782 Passes Completed 158
6 Crosses Won 0
15 Tackles Won 14
6 Interceptions 14
7 Clearances 23
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Saves 2

Recent Form

Japan W L W W W
Spain W W W W W

Starting Lineups

Japan

  1. AY #1 Ayaka YamashitaG
  2. SK #4 Saki KumagaiCD
  3. MM #3 Moeka MinamiCD-L
  4. HT #12 Hana TakahashiCD-R
  5. FN #10 Fuka NaganoCM-L
  6. HH #16 Honoka HayashiCM-R
  7. #13 Jun EndoLM
  8. RS #2 Risa ShimizuRM
  9. RU #9 Riko UekiF
  10. HN #8 Hikaru NaomotoCF-L
  11. HM #7 Hinata MiyazawaCF-R

Spain

  1. MR #1 Misa RodríguezG
  2. RG #20 Rocío GálvezCD-L
  3. IP #4 Irene ParedesCD-R
  4. OC #19 Olga CarmonaLB
  5. OB #2 Ona BatlleRB
  6. TA #3 Teresa AbelleiraCM
  7. AP #11 Alexia PutellasLM
  8. AB #6 Aitana BonmatíRM
  9. JH #10 Jenni HermosoF
  10. MC #8 Mariona CaldenteyLF
  11. SP #18 Salma ParallueloRF

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News

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· BBC Sport
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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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Japan the example to follow but this has been a dismal World Cup for Asia | John Duerden
· The Guardian
Iran were treated badly while two countries were debutants, but Saudi Arabia and South Korea should have done better For a while, it looked as if Asia’s biggest World Cup result was on and Japan were going to beat…
‘The right path’: Carlo Ancelotti keeps cool after Brazil survive Japan scare in last 32
· The Guardian
Ancelotti says late win was Brazil’s ‘most complete game’ Hajime Moriyasu says Japan ‘have to improve’ Carlo Ancelotti was characteristically calm after Brazil’s 2-1 victory against Japan on Monday, insisting he had…

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