Group Stage · 1 Dec 2022

Japan v Spain

2–1

Match-defining feature
Spain dominated territory without creating danger
Field tilt 87.23% (+2 SD) but xG only 0.857712208
Also notable: Japan were denied the central channel — Central progressions 13 vs avg 31.6 (-1.8 SD)

Metrics vs tournament norm

Japan Metric Spain
0 Expected goalsavg 1.22 0
0 Shotsavg 11 ▲ 0
0 Field tilt %avg 50 ▲ 0
0 Central progressionsavg 32 ▲ 0
0 Box entriesavg 22 0
0 Turnovers (att. third)avg 44 ▲ 0

Shot map

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Japan → Spain ←

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shooter's team defenders shooter Attacking right · positions at the moment of the shot
César Azpilicueta Tanco (Right Back) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Nicholas Williams Arthuer (Right Wing) Álvaro Borja Morata Martín (Center Forward) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Left Wing) Daichi Kamada (Left Wing) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Takefusa Kubo (Right Wing) Yuto Nagatomo (Left Wing Back) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Takefusa Kubo (Right Wing) Daichi Kamada (Left Wing) Yuto Nagatomo (Left Wing Back) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Pau Francisco Torres (Left Center Back) César Azpilicueta Tanco (Right Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Daizen Maeda (Center Forward) Unai Simón Mendibil (Goalkeeper) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Left Wing) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Yuto Nagatomo (Left Wing Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Takefusa Kubo (Right Wing) Daizen Maeda (Center Forward) Daichi Kamada (Left Wing) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Nicholas Williams Arthuer (Right Wing) Pau Francisco Torres (Left Center Back) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Left Wing) César Azpilicueta Tanco (Right Back) Nicholas Williams Arthuer (Right Wing) Daichi Kamada (Left Wing) Daizen Maeda (Center Forward) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Yuto Nagatomo (Left Wing Back) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Takefusa Kubo (Right Wing) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Left Wing) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Yuto Nagatomo (Left Wing Back) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Nicholas Williams Arthuer (Right Wing) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Left Wing) Pau Francisco Torres (Left Center Back) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) César Azpilicueta Tanco (Right Back) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Left Wing) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Unai Simón Mendibil (Goalkeeper) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Daizen Maeda (Center Forward) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Takefusa Kubo (Right Wing) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Takefusa Kubo (Right Wing) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Yuto Nagatomo (Left Wing Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Nicholas Williams Arthuer (Right Wing) Álvaro Borja Morata Martín (Center Forward) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Daizen Maeda (Center Forward) Unai Simón Mendibil (Goalkeeper) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Pau Francisco Torres (Left Center Back) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Daichi Kamada (Left Wing) Unai Simón Mendibil (Goalkeeper) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Junya Ito (Right Wing Back) Daichi Kamada (Left Wing) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Alejandro Balde Martínez (Left Back) Nicholas Williams Arthuer (Right Wing) Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (Right Center Midfield) Pau Francisco Torres (Left Center Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Daizen Maeda (Center Forward) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Unai Simón Mendibil (Goalkeeper) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Right Center Midfield) Pau Francisco Torres (Left Center Back) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing) Jordi Alba Ramos (Left Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Ferrán Torres García (Right Wing) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Right Center Midfield) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Ferrán Torres García (Right Wing) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Jordi Alba Ramos (Left Back) Marco Asensio Willemsen (Center Forward) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Ferrán Torres García (Center Forward) Pau Francisco Torres (Left Center Back) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Jordi Alba Ramos (Left Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Right Center Midfield) Marco Asensio Willemsen (Right Wing) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing) Unai Simón Mendibil (Goalkeeper) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Ao Tanaka (Right Defensive Midfield) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Right Center Midfield) Ferrán Torres García (Center Forward) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Jordi Alba Ramos (Left Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Wataru Endo (Right Defensive Midfield) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Marco Asensio Willemsen (Right Wing) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Right Center Midfield) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Wataru Endo (Right Defensive Midfield) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Jordi Alba Ramos (Left Back) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Ferrán Torres García (Center Forward) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Daniel Olmo Carvajal (Right Center Midfield) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Wataru Endo (Right Defensive Midfield) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing) Ferrán Torres García (Center Forward) Pedro González López (Left Center Midfield) Marco Asensio Willemsen (Right Wing) Shūichi Gonda (Goalkeeper) Kaoru Mitoma (Left Wing Back) Shogo Taniguchi (Left Center Back) Maya Yoshida (Center Back) Ko Itakura (Right Center Back) Hidemasa Morita (Left Defensive Midfield) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Right Wing Back) Wataru Endo (Right Defensive Midfield) Junya Ito (Left Wing) Ritsu Doan (Right Wing) Takuma Asano (Center Forward) Sergio Busquets i Burgos (Center Defensive Midfield) Jordi Alba Ramos (Left Back) Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Right Center Back) Ferrán Torres García (Center Forward) Daniel Carvajal Ramos (Right Back) Marco Asensio Willemsen (Right Wing) Anssumane Fati (Left Wing)

Progressive passes

Completed passes moving the ball ≥15 units upfield Japan Spain

Turnovers

Where possession was lost Japan Spain

Starting line-ups

Japan 343

  • 12 Shūichi Gonda Goalkeeper
  • 4 Ko Itakura Right Center Back
  • 22 Maya Yoshida Center Back
  • 3 Shogo Taniguchi Left Center Back
  • 14 Junya Ito Right Wing Back
  • 5 Yuto Nagatomo Left Wing Back
  • 17 Ao Tanaka Right Defensive Midfield
  • 13 Hidemasa Morita Left Defensive Midfield
  • 11 Takefusa Kubo Right Wing
  • 15 Daichi Kamada Left Wing
  • 25 Daizen Maeda Center Forward

Spain 433

  • 23 Unai Simón Mendibil Goalkeeper
  • 2 César Azpilicueta Tanco Right Back
  • 16 Rodrigo Hernández Cascante Right Center Back
  • 4 Pau Francisco Torres Left Center Back
  • 14 Alejandro Balde Martínez Left Back
  • 5 Sergio Busquets i Burgos Center Defensive Midfield
  • 9 Pablo Martín Páez Gavira Right Center Midfield
  • 26 Pedro González López Left Center Midfield
  • 12 Nicholas Williams Arthuer Right Wing
  • 21 Daniel Olmo Carvajal Left Wing
  • 7 Álvaro Borja Morata Martín Center Forward

Data: StatsBomb Open Data