Saturday , 14 November 2026

Japan vs Poland, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2018
Japan
0 – 1
Full Time
Poland
Thu 28 Jun 2018 · 14:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Tomoaki Makino 66' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Japan vs Poland — Worldcup .

  • Japan 3 games · 5 pts (2026/26)
  • Poland 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

  • Referee Paolo Valeri
  • Referee Daniele Orsato
  • Referee Carlos Astroza
  • Referee Gery Vargas
  • Referee Juan Carlos Mora
  • Referee Janny Sikazwe
  • Referee Jerson dos Santos
  • Referee Zakhele Siwela
  • Referee Ricardo Montero

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Japan 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals Poland
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-28 Japan 0–1 Poland

Recent Form

Japan
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jun Poland H 0–1 L
24 Jun Senegal H 2–2 D
19 Jun Colombia A 2–1 W
14 May Hertford Town FC H 1–3 L
07 May Dijon Football Cote d'Or A 0–4 L
22 Apr Stade de Reims H 2–3 L
Poland
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jun Japan A 1–0 W
24 Jun Colombia H 0–3 L
19 Jun Senegal H 1–2 L
05 May Sweden A 3–0 W
28 Apr Royal Standard de Liège H 2–1 W
21 Apr Turkey A 1–0 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
Japan this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Japan
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
1/–
46-60
2/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Japan
Ayase Ueda 2 G 1 A
Daichi Kamada 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Japan vs Poland — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' Poland are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 10' Shinji Okazaki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Adam Nawalka might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 20' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 25' Both keepers have barely been tested. Japan and Poland are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hiroki Sakai made 475 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 35' Poland are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 40' Maya Yoshida has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 45' Genki Haraguchi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Poland so far.
  • 47' Japan make a change. Shinji Okazaki trudges off to be replaced by Yuya Osako on 47 minutes.
  • 52' Japan is showing some good football. However, Japan are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 57' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 59' Jan Bednarek is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
  • 64' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Poland that had 111 games and scored 18 goals.
  • 65' Another change for Japan made on 65 minute. Takashi Usami leaves to be changed by Takashi Inui.
  • 66' Japan receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 66.
  • 71' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Japan side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 76' Japan international Eiji Kawashima has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 79' Poland ring the changes. Piotr Zielinski has done his job and it is now time for Lukasz Teodorczyk to step up.
  • 80' Poland ring the changes. Rafal Kurzawa has done his job and it is now time for Slawomir Peszko to step up.
  • 82' Japan ring the changes. Yoshinori Muto has done his job and it is now time for Makoto Hasebe to step up.
  • 87' Over 87 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for Japan and Poland (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Japan Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Akira Nishino

Poland Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Adam Nawalka

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.83 Japan xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.31 Poland xG
I would bet for: Poland or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Japan25% Draw31% Poland44%
Actual: Poland win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes42% 0% No58%
Avg goals/match: 2.14
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 63%
37%
± 2.5 36%
64%
± 3.5 17%
83%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

Japan or Draw
56%
Draw or Poland
75%
Japan or Poland
69%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Japan16% Draw52% Poland32%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
14.1%
1 – 1
13.7%
0 – 2
9.8%
1 – 0
8.5%
1 – 2
8.1%
2 – 1
5.1%
0 – 3
4.2%
2 – 0
3.8%
1 – 3
3.6%
2 – 2
3.5%
2 – 3
1.6%

Asian Handicap — Japan

Handicap Japan covers Push Poland covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 5% 93%
-1.5 7% — 93%
-1 7% 15% 78%
-0.5 22% — 78%
+0.5 54% — 46%
+1 54% 24% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 14% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Japan keeps clean sheet
28% ✓
Poland keeps clean sheet
44% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.