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
Matildas v Japan LIVE updates: Matildas trail 3-0 after early half-time goal
Matildas v Japan LIVE updates: Matildas trail 3-0 after early half-time goal
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Hamano adds to Matildas pain with early goal in second half
Yallop down with injury
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
Hamano adds to Matildas pain with early goal in second half
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 more confident in second half
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
Second half begins in Houston
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
Half-time statistics show Japan’s dominance
Half-time in Houston
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.
Matildas miss another opportunity
Ford drives the ball up the right side of the pitch but again it leads to nothing when Raso can’t get to the end of Carpenter’s pass.
The Matildas have yet to make a shot for goal.
There will be one minute of extra time in the first half.
Australia 0-2 Japan, 45 minutes
Ford avoids a yellow card
Ford narrowly avoids a yellow card as the Matildas try to hold on to this game against Japan.
Fujino almost gains a second assist for Japan within the opening 40 minutes but captain Yui Hasegawa can’t quite get there in time.
Australia 0-2 Japan, 40 minutes
Caitlin Foord fights Toko Koga for the ball.Credit: Getty Images
Kennedy-Hunt clash leads to second goal for Japan
Mina Tanaka makes it two for Japan within the opening 35 minutes.
Fujino passes the ball to Tanaka who is left unmarked when Clare Hunt runs into Alana Kennedy.
It’s looking ominous for the Matildas in Houston.
Australia 0-2 Japan, 34 minutes
Mina Tanaka scores her second goal for Japan.Credit: Getty Images
Another close call for Matildas
The Matildas are saved from another goal by Tanaka as her header hits the crossbar.
Cooney-Cross almost assists a Ford goal but she’s offside and the Matildas lose the ball again.
Australia 0-1 Japan, 28 minutes
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