JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Japan play Cameroon in their opening Group E match of the World Cup on Monday. Where: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Capacity: 45,000 When: Monday June 14, 1600 local (1400 GMT) Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal) World ranking: Japan 45, Cameroon 19 Teams: Likely formation, shirt numbers, age, caps, goals: Japan (4-4-2) Cameroon (4-4-2) 1-Seigo Narazaki 34-76-0 1-Carlos Kameni 26-55-0 6-Atsuto Uchida 22-31-1 19-Stephane Mbia 24-31-3 22-Yuji Nakazawa 32-105-17 5-Sebastien Bassong 23-8-0 4-Tulio 29-39-8 3-Nicolas Nkoulou 20-17-0 5-Yuto Nagatomo 23-26-3 2-Benoit Assou-Ekotto 26-8-0 10-Shunsuke Nakamura 31-97-24 11-Jean Makoun 27-51-3 7-Yasuhito Endo 30-94-8 18-Enoh Eyong 23-12-1 17-Makoto Hasebe 26-31-1 6-Alexandre Song 22-23-0 8-Daisuke Matsui 29-23-1 20-Georges Mandjeck 21-7-0 18-Keisuke Honda 24-15-4 9-Samuel Eto'o 29-92-42 9-Shinji Okazaki 24-28-16 13-Eric Choupo-Moting 21-2-1 Also available: 21-Eiji Kawashima 27-10-0 7-Landry Nguemo 24-20-2 23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 34-117-0 4-Rigobert Song 33-136-4 12-Kisho Yano 26-18-2 8-Geremi 31-115-13 15-Yasuyuki Konno 27-37-0 10-Achille Emana 28-35-5 13-Daiki Iwamasa 28-2-0 12-Gaetan Bong 22-2-0 20-Junichi Inamoto 30-80-5 14-Aurelien Chedjou 24-9-0 14-Kengo Nakamura 29-47-5 15-Achille Webo 28-42-17 2-Yuki Abe 28-44-3 16-Hamidou Souleymanou 36-41-0 11-Keiji Tamada 30-70-16 17-Mohamadou Idrissou 30-31-6 19-Takayuki Morimoto 22-6-1 21-Joel Matip 18-4-0 16-Yoshito Okubo 28-50-5 22-Guy Assembe 24-1-0 3-Yuichi Komano 28-53-0 23-Vincent Aboubakar 18-2-0 Trainer - Takeshi Okada Paul Le Guen Injured - None None Suspended - None None Changes * Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o should return to the line-up after missing the last warm-up match against Serbia through suspension. * Japan coach Takeshi Okada has Shunsuke Nakamura available after he proved his fitness in the final warm-up match against Zimbabwe following an ankle injury. Key stats: * Cameroon have never lost their opening match at a World Cup. They famously beat holders Argentina in the opening game of the 1990 edition and have drawn on the four other occasions. * Japan have never won a match at the World Cup on foreign soil. Their only two wins at the finals came in 2002 when they jointly hosted the tournament with South Korea. Previous meetings: 02.06.01 Niigata Cameroon 0 Japan 2 19.11.03 Oita Japan 0 Cameroon 0 22.08.07 Oita Japan 2 Cameroon 0 GROUP E STANDINGS: P W D L F A PTS Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Next fixtures June 14 Netherlands v Denmark, Soccer City, 1130 GMT June 19 Netherlands v Japan, Durban 1130 GMT Cameroon v Denmark, Pretoria 1830 GMT June 24 Denmark v Japan, Rustenburg 1830 GMT Cameroon v Netherlands, Cape Town 1830 GMT - - - - (Compiled by Patrick Johnston; Editing by Tom Pilcher; To query or comment on this story email [email protected])
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