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Lionesses · Women's International friendly

England
v Japan⁠

4–0

Full time

England v Japan finished 4–0.

Japan
None
Date
Friday 11 November 2022 · Lionesses in 2022
Kick-off
19:00 UK
Venue
Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
Competition
Women's International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

Lionesses Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

Substitutes

Japan Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Ayaka Yamashita GK
  • No. 5, Shiori Miyake RB Off in the 70'
  • No. 4, Saki Kumagai CB
  • No. 3, Moeka Minami CB
  • No. 13, Jun Endo LB
  • No. 2, Risa Shimizu RM
  • No. 6, Fuka Nagano CM
  • No. 15, Hina Sugita LM
  • No. 14, Yui Hasegawa RW
  • No. 7, Hinata Miyazawa LW Off in the 71'
  • No. 10, Mana Iwabuchi FW Off in the 58'

Substitutes

  • No. 11, Mina Tanaka On in the 58'
  • No. 19, Saori Takarada On in the 70'
  • No. 23, Aoba Fujino On in the 71'
  • No. 8, Hikaru Naomoto (not used)
  • No. 9, Riko Ueki (not used)
  • No. 12, Ruka Norimatsu (not used)
  • No. 16, Honoka Hayashi (not used)
  • No. 18, Momoko Tanaka (not used)
  • No. 20, Nanami Kitamura (not used)
  • No. 21, Shu Ohba (not used)
  • No. 22, Kiko Seike (not used)

Referee: Zuzana Valentová.

Women's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2013 – 2020

03 5 Mar 2019
Women's International friendly · 2019 SheBelieves Cup Raymond James Stadium, Tampa

Japan 0–3 England England won

England: Staniforth 12', Carney 23', Mead 30'

Japan: None

Match page: Japan v England, 5 March 2019

04 1 Jul 2015
FIFA Women's World Cup · Semi-final Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Japan 2–1 England England lost

England: Williams 40' pen

Japan: Miyama 33' pen, Bassett 90+2' og

Match page: Japan v England, 1 July 2015

Official meetings since 1981

England v Japan stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings9In our results database
England wins6England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
Japan wins1Japan victories

England have scored 20 goals to Japan's 5 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

White

4 goals against Japan in matches we hold scorer data for.

Japan · Fixture leader

3

Miyama

Japan's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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