Matildas v Japan LIVE updates: Matildas trail 3-0 after early half-time goal
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A silly mistake from Clare Hunt leads to a corner for Japan. Emily Van Egmond replaces Katrina Gorry before the corner kick is taken but it doesn’t stop Japan from taking advantage of Hunt’s mistake.
Moeka Minami rises higher than Mackenzie Arnold to head the ball into the goal.
Australia 0-4 Japan, 74 minutes
Holly McNamara and Daniela Galic pair up in a hopeful change to Australia’s attacking front despite sharing eight international caps between them.
Goalscorer Maika Hamano makes way for Manaka Matsukubo who makes her international debut for Japan.
Australia 0-3 Japan, 70 minutes
Tom Sermanni is throwing everything to the wall and making four substitutions in the 63rd minute.
Mary Fowler, Caitlin Ford, Alana Kennedy and Clare Hunt come off for Holly McNamara, Daniela Galic, Charlie Grant and Winonah Heatley.
Australia 0-3 Japan, 63 minutes
Riko Ueki and Hinata Miyazawa come on for Japan and Miyazawa makes an immediate impact forcing Mackenzie Arnold into a save. Ellie Carpenter clears it.
Australia 0-3 Japan, 60 minutes
Tameka Yallop is down and holding her right knee after a small collision with Japan’s goalscorer Maika Hamano.
Medical staff are treating her and the Matildas are momentarily down to 10 players.
Australia 0-3 Japan, 56 minutes
Japan score again with two-time goalscorer Mina Tanaka assisting Maika Hamano’s goal.
Australia 0-3 Japan, 52 minutes
Maika Hamano scores Japan’s third goal.Credit: Getty Images
Australia are looking more confident in this half. They’re holding on to the ball a little longer than before and Raso forces Japan into an early foul.
Raso’s cross looks for Fowler in front of Japan’s goal but leads to nothing.
Chelsea’s Maiko Hamano seizes Steph Catley’s mistake but shoots too high.
Australia 0-2 Japan, 49 minutes
The second half has started in Houston where temperatures have dropped to a very chilly five degrees for the Australians.
Neither side has made any substitutions.
Australia 0-2 Japan, 46 minutes
It’s half-time in Houston and the Matildas trail 2-0 at the break.
Japan have been dominant in the opening 45 minutes and early errors from Hayley Raso and a miscommunication between Clare Hunt and Alana Kennedy led to Japan’s goals in the first half.
We have some statistics coming your way but to give you an idea of how Australia are going, they’ve had no shots on goal.
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