Japan v China PR, 27 January 2022
| Score | 2-0 to Japan |
| Referee | Abdulrahman Al Jassim |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Asia 3rd round group B |
| Venue | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama |
| Attendance | 11,753 |
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Kick-off: 7.00pm local
2
Japan
Manager: Hajime Moriyasu
Goals:
| Yūya Osako | penalty | 13 |
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| Junya Ito | 61 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Shuichi Gonda
Defender
Ko Itakura
Defender
Yūto Nagatomo
Defender
Hiroki Sakai
Defender/Midfielder
Wataru Endo
(captain)
Defender/Midfielder
Hidemasa Morita
Defender/Midfielder
Shogo Taniguchi
Midfielder
Ao Tanaka
Midfielder/Forward
Junya Ito
Midfielder/Forward
Takumi Minamino
Forward
Yūya Osako
Substitutions:
| Daizen Maeda for Yūya Osako | 58 |
| Yuta Nakayama for Yūto Nagatomo | 58 |
| Takefusa Kubo for Wataru Endo | 73 |
| Ritsu Doan for Junya Ito | 85 |
| Genki Haraguchi for Takumi Minamino | 85 |
Cards:
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Eiji Kawashima
Goalkeeper
Daniel Schmidt
Defender
Shinnosuke Nakatani
Defender
Yuta Nakayama
Defender
Naomichi Ueda
Defender
Miki Yamane
Midfielder
Ritsu Doan
Midfielder
Genki Haraguchi
Midfielder
Gaku Shibasaki
Midfielder/Forward
Takefusa Kubo
Midfielder/Forward
Daizen Maeda
Comments:
Japan named 11 of a possible 12 substitutes.
0
China PR
Manager: Li Xiaopeng
Goals:
Starting lineup:
YAN Junling
Goalkeeper
Tyias Browning
Defender
ZHU Chenjie
Defender
ZHANG Linpeng
Defender
WANG Shenchao
Defender
ZHENG Zheng
Defender
WU Xi
Defender/Midfielder
(captain)
HAO Junmin
Midfielder
WU Lei
Midfielder/Forward
XU Xin
Midfielder/Forward
ZHANG Yuning
Midfielder/Forward
Substitutions:
| Alan Carvalho for ZHANG Yuning | 56 |
| WEI Shihao for HAO Junmin | 56 |
| TSUN Dai for ZHENG Zheng | 64 |
| DENG Hanwen for ZHANG Linpeng | 89 |
| LIU Yang for WU Lei | 89 |
Cards:
| WU Lei | 35 | Y |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
WANG Dalei
Goalkeeper
LIU Dianzuo
Defender
DENG Hanwen
Defender/Midfielder
LIU Yang
Midfielder
TSUN Dai
Midfielder
JIN Jingdao
Midfielder
ZHANG Xizhe
Midfielder
CHI Zhongguo
Midfielder/Forward
WEI Shihao
Forward
Alan Carvalho
Forward
YU Dabao
Forward
TAN Long