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Japan 2-1 New Zealand

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Japan
2 - 1
New Zealand
5 Oct 2026 · 10:30 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Bin Nasaruddin
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Match events

Ayase Ueda
28'
32'
Ben Old (Chris Wood)
Daizen Maeda (Keito Nakamura)
64'
Shuto Nakano (Junya Ito)
64'
Takefusa Kubo (Ao Tanaka)
65'
67'
Lachlan Bayliss (Jesse Randall)
67'
Dane Ingham (Callan Elliot)
68'
Chris Wood (Ben Waine)
Ritsu Doan (Keito Nakamura)
71'
Junya Ito
76'
76'
Elijah Just
Junnosuke Suzuki (Hayato Araki)
77'
Daichi Kamada (Kodai Sano)
78'
Ayase Ueda (Kento Shiogai)
78'
80'
George Stanger (Stipe Ukich)
80'
Ben Old (Dalton Wilkins)
Kaishu Sano (Satoshi Tanaka)
87'
Ritsu Doan (Kuryu Matsuki)
87'
89'
Elijah Just (Logan Rogerson)

Lineups

Japan
Formation: 3-4-2-1 Coach: H. Moriyasu

Starting XI

  • 1Z. SuzukiG
  • 3A. SekoD
  • 25J. SuzukiD
  • 21H. ItoD
  • 2S. NakanoM
  • 24K. SanoM
  • 15D. KamadaM
  • 10R. DōanM
  • 20T. KuboM
  • 11D. MaedaM
  • 18A. UedaF

Substitutes

  • 9K. GotoF
  • 14J. ItoF
  • 12L. KokuboG
  • 22H. ArakiD
  • 19K. MatsukiM
  • 32H. MochizukiD
  • 13Keito NakamuraF
  • 29S. SaitoF
  • 28K. SanoM
  • 26K. ShiogaiF
  • 7Y. SomaF
  • 8Y. SuzukiM
  • 6S. TanakaM
  • 17A. TanakaM
  • 23T. HayakawaG
New Zealand
Formation: 4-1-4-1 Coach: D. Bazeley

Starting XI

  • 1A. PaulsenG
  • 5M. BoxallD
  • 16G. StangerD
  • 4Tyler BindonD
  • 19B. OldD
  • 8M. StamenićM
  • 17D. InghamM
  • 14A. RuferM
  • 6L. BaylissM
  • 11E. JustM
  • 9C. WoodF

Substitutes

  • 23O. Parker-PriceM
  • 24M. DyerF
  • 2C. ElliotD
  • 22H. GrayG
  • 21J. RandallF
  • 7L. RogersonF
  • 3S. SuttonD
  • 15B. TuilomaD
  • 10S. UkichM
  • 18B. WaineF
  • 13D. WilkinsD
  • 12M. WoudG

Statistics

75% Possession 25%
25 Shots 5
10 On target 1
732 Passes 274
10 Fouls 8
8 Corners 0
1 Offsides 0

Match analysis

Japan beat New Zealand 2-1.

Goalscorers: Ayase Ueda, Ben Old and Ritsu Doan.

14 substitutions were made during the match.