Japan 2-0 Bahrain · World Cup Qualification AFC
Japan beat Bahrain 2-0 in the World Cup Qualification AFC. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Japan and Bahrain met in the World Cup Qualification AFC at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on Thursday, 20 March 2025.
Goalscorers
Japan: D. Kamada 66'; T. Kubo 87'. Bahrain did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Japan, 1 for Bahrain).
Line-ups
Japan started in a 3-4-2-1: Zion Suzuki, Ayumu Seko, Ko Itakura, Hiroki Itō, Ritsu Doan, Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita, Kaoru Mitoma, Takefusa Kubo, Takumi Minamino, Ayase Ueda.
Bahrain started in a 4-2-3-1: Ebrahim Lutfalla, Hamad Al-Shamsan, Amine Benadi, Waleed Al Hayam, Abdulla Al-Khalasi, Sayed Dhiya Saeed, Komail Al Aswad, Ali Madan, Mohamed Marhoon, Mahdi Al-Humaidan, Mahdi Abduljabbar.
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