Box Occupation
Japan
Japan kept getting bodies into the area — 89% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 16 of 18
- Share
- 89%
Friendlies · Friendly International
Scotland
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–0
Japan
J. Ito 84'
Friendlies
Friendly InternationalScotland0–1Japan
6
Shots in the box
16
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
84′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Scotland 0-1 Japan
Japan edged out Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park in Friendlies. Ito opened the scoring for Japan on 84'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Scotland took 6 of their 8 attempts inside the box, Japan 16 of 18. Japan held 55.0% of the ball.
It was settled late — Ito struck on 84' to swing it Japan's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Japan graded out for box occupation — 16 of 18 shots in the box. Scotland graded out for box occupation — 6 of 8 shots in the box.
Angus Gunn came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for Scotland across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 26 fouls between them and 2 yellow cards, with Japan conceding the most free-kicks (18).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
8Shots18
What the numbers say
4 readsBox Occupation
Scotland
Scotland kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 6 of 8
- Share
- 75%
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Japan scored on 84′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 84′
Busy Goalkeeper
Scotland
Scotland leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 6 saves.
- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 1
Timeline
🔄46'
S. Taniguchi ↑ T. Watanabe ↓
🔄46'
K. Mitoma ↑ K. Sano ↓
🔄46'
J. Suzuki ↑ H. Ito ↓
🔄62'
R. Doan ↑ Y. Sugawara ↓
🔄62'
K. Nakamura ↑ D. Maeda ↓
R. Christie ↑ J. McGinn ↓
🔄63'
G. Hirst ↑ L. Dykes ↓
🔄63'
🔄63'
J. Ito ↑ Y. Suzuki ↓
🔄63'
A. Ueda ↑ K. Goto ↓
🟨65'
Junnosuke Suzuki
Foul
K. Tierney ↑ A. Robertson ↓
🔄71'
B. Gilmour ↑ S. McTominay ↓
🔄71'
🔄77'
D. Hashioka ↑ A. Seko ↓
🟨78'
Ritsu Doan
Foul
🔄78'
D. Kamada ↑ A. Tanaka ↓
🔄78'
K. Shiogai ↑ J. Fujita ↓
A. Ralston ↑ N. Patterson ↓
🔄81'
F. Curtis ↑ T. Conway ↓
🔄81'
⚽84'
J. Ito — assist: K. Shiogai
Match info
Kickoff
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeShaun Evans, Australia
CompetitionFriendlies
Season2026
RoundFriendly International
StatusMatch Finished