📅 01/12/22🕒 19:00🏟️ Khalifa International Stadium🧑⚖️ V. Gomes
Home team
Japan
Score
2-1
Away team
Spain
Biggest Swing+1.67 xT51' A. TanakaCards3VAR1review
Japan 2-1 Spain — xTears 12.33 (01/12/22)
Japan came back to win 2-1 against Spain on 1 December 2022 during Matchday 3 of the World Cup. Total damage: 12.33 xTears.
The real swing for Japan arrived through R. Dōan 48' goal (+1.47 xT) and A. Tanaka 51' goal (+1.67 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Japan's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
11'
Goal
Álvaro Morata - Spain
Assist: César Azpilicueta
48'
Goal
R. Dōan - Japan
Assist: J. Ito
51'
Goal
A. Tanaka - Japan
Assist: K. Mitoma
52'
VAR - Goal confirmed
A. Tanaka - Japan
Absolute chaos
🧨
6.16
51'
Goal
+1.67 xT
A. Tanaka - Japan
Assist: K. Mitoma
48'
Goal
+1.47 xT
R. Dōan - Japan
Assist: J. Ito
11'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Álvaro Morata - Spain
Assist: César Azpilicueta
52'
VAR - Goal confirmed
+1.17 xT
A. Tanaka - Japan
All-out war
🟥
2.58
39'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
K. Itakura - Japan
44'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
S. Taniguchi - Japan
45'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
M. Yoshida - Japan
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
1.17
52'
VAR - Goal confirmed
+1.17 xT
A. Tanaka - Japan
Late drama
🔥
0.44
87'
Substitution
+0.44 xT
W. Endo for A. Tanaka - Japan
Cruelty
😈
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.