FIFA Women's World Cup

Japan

Past match
Japan won.
Japan beat Costa Rica
Costa Rica 0 – 2 Japan
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Match Details

Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin) · 6,992 fans · FS1 View tournament bracket →

Line Score

12T
JPN 20 2
CRC 00 0

Match Leaders

Costa Rica
  • GV Gloriana Villalobos — 2Total Shots
  • DS Daniela Solera — 10Saves
Japan
  • HN Hikaru Naomoto — 1Goals
  • HN Hikaru Naomoto — 5Total Shots
  • AY Ayaka Yamashita — 3Saves

FIFA Women's World Cup Standings

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

Key Events

90'+1'Substitution, Japan. Miyabi Moriya replaces Risa Shimizu.
85'Priscila Chinchilla (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76'Substitution, Costa Rica. Sheika Scott replaces María Salas.
74'Substitution, Japan. Kiko Seike replaces Hikaru Naomoto.
74'Substitution, Japan. Fuka Nagano replaces Honoka Hayashi.
64'Substitution, Costa Rica. Rocky Rodríguez replaces Cristín Granados.
59'Substitution, Japan. Riko Ueki replaces Mina Tanaka.
59'Substitution, Japan. Hinata Miyazawa replaces Aoba Fujino.
45'Substitution, Costa Rica. Gloriana Villalobos replaces Gabriela Guillén.
27'Goal! Japan 2, Costa Rica 0. Aoba Fujino (Japan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mina Tanaka.
25'Goal! Japan 1, Costa Rica 0. Hikaru Naomoto (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mina Tanaka.

Team Stats

Costa RicaJapan
General
43.1 Possession % 56.9
6 Shots 24
2 On Target 12
0 Offsides 1
0 Corners 9
13 Fouls 7
Passing & Defense
334 Passes Completed 455
1 Crosses Won 9
5 Tackles Won 8
11 Interceptions 15
24 Clearances 4
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
10 Saves 2

Recent Form

Japan W W L W W
Costa Rica L L L L L

Starting Lineups

Japan

  1. AY #1 Ayaka YamashitaG
  2. SK #4 Saki KumagaiCD
  3. MM #3 Moeka MinamiCD-L
  4. SM #5 Shiori MiyakeCD-R
  5. HH #16 Honoka HayashiCM-L
  6. YH #14 Yui HasegawaCM-R
  7. #6 Hina SugitaLM
  8. RS #2 Risa ShimizuRM
  9. #11 Mina TanakaF
  10. HN #8 Hikaru NaomotoCF-L
  11. AF #15 Aoba FujinoCF-R

Costa Rica

  1. DS #23 Daniela SoleraG
  2. MB #4 Mariana BenavidesCD-L
  3. FV #20 Fabiola VillalobosCD-R
  4. MP #12 María Paula ElizondoLB
  5. MC #3 María CotoRB
  6. KA #16 Katherine AlvaradoCM-L
  7. CG #15 Cristín GranadosCM-R
  8. GG #2 Gabriela GuillenLM
  9. MH #7 Melissa HerreraRM
  10. PC #14 Priscila ChinchillaF
  11. MP #9 María Paula SalasRCF

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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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Recent Results
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