United Arab Emirates beat Japan 1-2. Japan controlled the ball — 58% possession — but had nothing to show for it. Ahmed Khalil scored 2 goals.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   JPN 4-2-3-1·3-5-2 UNI
   Coach: V. Halilhodžić · Mahdi AliReferee: Ibrahim Al-Jassim Abdulrahman, Qatar📍 Saitama Stadium
2. 1. First half
   2. 10'
      

      UNI
      Yellow card
      Mohanad Salem
   3. 11'
      

      JPN
      GOOOAL!Keisuke HondaAssist: H. Kiyotake
   4. 16'
      

      JPN
      Yellow card
      H. Sakai
   5. 19'
      

      JPN
      Yellow card
      Maya Yoshida
   6. 20'
      

      UNI
      GOOOAL!Ahmed Khalil
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      

      UNI
      Substitution
      ▲W. Abbas▼Abdulaziz Sanqour
   3. 54'
      

      UNI
      GOOOAL!Ahmed KhalilPenalty
   4. 62'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲T. Usami▼Hiroshi Kiyotake
   5. 66'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Takuma Asano▼Shinji Okazaki
   6. 73'
      

      UNI
      Substitution
      ▲Mohammed Fawzi▼Ahmed Khalil
   7. 75'
      

      JPN
      Substitution
      ▲Genki Haraguchi▼R. Oshima
   8. 79'
      

      UNI
      Substitution
      ▲Habib Al Fardan▼Ismail Al Hammadi
   9. 80'
      

      UNI
      Yellow card
      W. Abbas