Japan beat Vietnam 0-1. The winner had to work for it: 1 from 13 shots. Best on the pitch was J. Ito, rated 7.9.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   VIE 3-4-3·4-4-2 JPN
   Coach: Park Hang-Seo · H. MoriyasuReferee: Mohamed Abdulla Hassan Mohd📍 Sân vận động quốc gia Mỹ Đình
2. 1. First half
   2. 7'
      

      VIE
      Yellow card
      Nguyen Tuan Anh
   3. 17'
      

      JPN
      GOOOAL!J. ItoAssist: T. Minamino
   4. 44'
      

      JPN
      VAR review
      J. Ito
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      

      VIE
      Substitution
      ▲Phan Văn Đức▼Nguyen Tuan Anh
   3. 63'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Takuma Asano▼Takumi Minamino
   4. 63'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Y. Nakayama▼Y. Nagatomo
   5. 72'
      

      VIE
      Substitution
      ▲Nguyen Van Toan▼Nguyễn Công Phượng
   6. 75'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Gaku Shibasaki▼Yuya Osako
   7. 75'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲K. Furuhashi▼Ao Tanaka
   8. 84'
      

      VIE
      Substitution
      ▲Nguyễn Thành Chung▼Bui Tien Dung
   9. 84'
      

      VIE
      Substitution
      ▲Lương Xuân Trường▼Phan Văn Đức
   10. 86'
       

       JPN
       Yellow card
       Hidemasa Morita
   11. 87'
       

       VIE
       Substitution
       ▲Hà Đức Chinh▼Nguyen Tien Linh
   12. 88'
       

       JPN
       Substitution
       ▲Genki Haraguchi▼Hidemasa Morita