FACTS & STATS: JAPAN'S COMEBACK RUINS PARTY FOR GERMANY IN HISTORIC 2-1 WIN

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Farouq Oduola A.

FIFA World Cup Group E Match Statistics

GERMANY VS JAPAN

Venue: Khalifa International Stadium

Germany (I Gündogan 33′ pen) 1 -2 Japan (R Doan 75′ T Asano 83′)

Germany XI: Neuer (GK), Rudiger, Raum, Kimmich, Havertz, Gnabry, Muller, Musiala, Sule, Gundogan, Schlotterbeck

Japan XI: Gonda (GK), Sakai, Itakura, Yoshida, Nagatomo, Endo, Ito; Kamada, Tanaka, Kubo; Maeda

MATCH FACTS

1994 – Germany have lost a World Cup match while making the opening goal for the first time since 1994 against Bulgaria

1978 – Germany have lost a World Cup game in which they led at half-time for the first time since 1978 (2-3 vs Austria), having gone unbeaten in their previous 21 such matches before today.

1 – First time Japan have won a World Cup match in which they conceded first in their history (D2 L7 before today).

8 – Eight players from Japan’s World Cup squad are currently under contract with German teams, while only seven players from Japan’s squad are currently registered to a Japanese side.

12 – Yuto Nagatomo is the first Japanese player to play in four different World Cup tournaments, while he is also now the player with the most appearances for Japan in the tournament (12), surpassing Makoto Hasebe and Eiji Kawashima (both 11).

MATCH STATS

Germany Japan

Possession: 74% 26%

Shots: 17 8

Shots on target: 10 4

Corners: 6 6

Fouls: 6 14

Yellow Card: 0 0

Red Card: 0 0

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ivan Barton

Assistants: David Jonathan Morán Santos, Zachari Zeegelaar