| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3/15 | 1-5 |
| Japan | 15 | W3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12/15 | 16-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2009-11-14
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Japan. South Africa had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Japan, 12.
The venue was Rand Stadium in Yerevan, with room for 6,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
