Japan in front
Japan have won five of their last seven encounters against Bahrain, including a 2-0 victory in their most recent meeting (March 2010) and won 4-3 after extra time in their only previous match at the AFC Asian Cup - in the semi-finals of the 2004 edition (pictured below).

 

Extra-time experts
Three of Bahrain’s four previous knock-out stage games at the AFC Asian Cup have gone to extra-time with the West Asian side losing two of those games and winning 4-3 on penalties against Uzbekistan in the other.

Knock-out stage specialists
This is the ninth time that Japan have progressed past the group stage at an AFC Asian Cup; only twice from their previous eight attempts have they lost the first game in the knockout stage of the tournament (0-2 vs Kuwait in 1996, 1-1 (5-4 on penalties) vs UAE in 2015).

 

Aerial prowess
Bahrain duo Abdulla Yusuf Helal (15) and Abdullah Al Hashash (13) won more aerial duels during the group stage than any other players to feature in Group E of the tournament.