Japan beat China 2-0. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 16 shots. Best on the pitch was J. Ito, rated 8.0.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   JPN 4-1-4-1·4-2-3-1 CHN
   Coach: H. Moriyasu · Li XiaopengReferee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim📍 Saitama Stadium 2002
2. 1. First half
   2. 13'
      

      JPN
      GOOOAL!Yuya OsakoPenalty
   3. 35'
      

      CHN
      Yellow card
      Wu Lei
3. 1. Second half
   2. 56'
      

      CHN
      Substitution
      ▲Alan▼Zhang Yuning
   3. 56'
      

      CHN
      Substitution
      ▲Wei Shihao▼Hao Junmin
   4. 58'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Y. Nakayama▼Y. Nagatomo
   5. 58'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Daizen Maeda▼Yuya Osako
   6. 61'
      

      JPN
      GOOOAL!J. ItoAssist: Y. Nakayama
   7. 64'
      

      CHN
      Substitution
      ▲Dai Wai-Tsun▼Zheng Zheng
   8. 73'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Tatsuhiko Kubo▼Wataru Endō
   9. 85'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Genki Haraguchi▼Takumi Minamino
   10. 85'
       

       JPN
       Substitution
       ▲Ritsu Dōan▼J. Ito
   11. 89'
       

       CHN
       Substitution
       ▲Deng Hanwen▼Zhang Linpeng
   12. 89'
       

       CHN
       Substitution
       ▲Liu Yang▼Wu Lei