Match Report
The table read 1st (Netherlands, 7 pts) against 2nd (Japan, 5 pts), 2 points apart. The last five rounds placed Japan no better than 16th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Per game in the league, Netherlands were scoring 3.33 and conceding 1.33, Japan 2.33 and 1, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Japan entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Dallas Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 80,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Netherlands: Virgil van Dijk (51'), Crysencio Summerville (64') · Japan: Keito Nakamura (57'), Daichi Kamada (89')
Key stats
Possession: Netherlands 60% · Japan 40% · Total shots: 10-10 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 5-4