Confederations Cup 2013 · Group stage · Group [object Object]

Italy 4–3 Japan

Wednesday 19 Jun 2013 · Recife, Brazil (neutral)

Italy4–3Japan

Goals7

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Honda Kagawa Rossi Uchida Balotelli Okazaki Giovinco

21′0–1Keisuke Honda Japan · penalty
33′0–2Shinji Kagawa Japan
41′1–2Daniele De Rossi Italy
50′2–2Atsuto Uchida Italy · own goal
52′3–2Mario Balotelli Italy · penalty
69′3–3Shinji Okazaki Japan
86′4–3Sebastian Giovinco Italy

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Italy

Came on

10Sebastian Giovinco●↑30′
20Ignazio Abate↑59′
8Claudio Marchisio↑68′

Japan

Came on

21Hiroki Sakai↑73′
11Mike Havenaar↑79′
14Kengo Nakamura↑90′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Italy: 1961 → 1978
Japan: 1849 → 1832

Expected score for Italy: 65.6% (a draw counts half). The lead changed hands 1 time. The winners came from behind.

Head to head

Meeting 2 of 2, 2001–2013.

Italy wins: 1
Draws: 1
Japan wins: 0

Form either side

Italy

Before

2–0 v Malta 26 Mar 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
4–0 v San Marino 31 May 2013 · Friendly
0–0 v Czech Republic 7 Jun 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
2–2 v Haiti 11 Jun 2013 · Friendly
2–1 v Mexico 16 Jun 2013 · Confederations Cup 2013

After

2–4 v Brazil 22 Jun 2013 · Confederations Cup 2013
0–0 v Spain 27 Jun 2013 · Confederations Cup 2013
2–2 v Uruguay 30 Jun 2013 · Confederations Cup 2013
1–2 v Argentina 14 Aug 2013 · Friendly
1–0 v Bulgaria 6 Sep 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013

Japan

Before

1–2 v Jordan 26 Mar 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
0–2 v Bulgaria 30 May 2013 · Kirin Challenge Cup 2013
1–1 v Australia 4 Jun 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
1–0 v Iraq 11 Jun 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
0–3 v Brazil 15 Jun 2013 · Confederations Cup 2013

After

1–2 v Mexico 22 Jun 2013 · Confederations Cup 2013
3–3 v China PR 21 Jul 2013 · EAFF Championship 2013
3–2 v Australia 25 Jul 2013 · EAFF Championship 2013
2–1 v South Korea 28 Jul 2013 · EAFF Championship 2013
2–4 v Uruguay 14 Aug 2013 · Friendly

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Brazil	3	3	0	0	+7	9
2Italy	3	2	0	1	0	6
3Mexico	3	1	0	2	-2	3
4Japan	3	0	0	3	-5	0

Road through the tournament

Italy

2–1 v Mexico Group stage
4–3 v Japan Group stage
2–4 v Brazil Group stage
0–0 v Spain Semi-final
2–2 v Uruguay Third-place play-off

Japan

0–3 v Brazil Group stage
3–4 v Italy Group stage
1–2 v Mexico Group stage

Every Italy v Japan match2

From Italy's side.


19 Jun 2013	Japan	4–3	Neutral	Confederations Cup 2013	Group stage
7 Nov 2001	Japan	1–1	Away	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN