Thursday , 2 July 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 Liege 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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Poland gets underway.
  • 5' It’s high time Adam Nawalka made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 10' Japan started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 15' Makoto Hasebe needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 30' Japan is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Japan needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' It looks like no one’s ball. Japan is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 45' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 47' Japan manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuya Osako is hanging Shinji Okazaki on the field on 47 minute.
  • 52' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kamil Grosicki suffering a number of foals already.
  • 57' Bartosz Bereszynski has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 3 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 59' What a strike from Jan Bednarek! The score is 0-1.
  • 64' 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.
  • 65' Another change for Japan made on 65 minute. Takashi Usami leaves to be changed by Takashi Inui.
  • 66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tomoaki Makino on 66.
  • 71' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 76' Japan seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 79' Another change for Poland made on 79 minute. Piotr Zielinski leaves to be changed by Lukasz Teodorczyk.
  • 80' The supporters are chanting for Slawomir Peszko. He replaces Rafal Kurzawa on 80 minute.
  • 82' The supporters are chanting for Makoto Hasebe. He replaces Yoshinori Muto on 82 minute.
  • 87' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • The final score is 0-1.

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.