Japan Stats 2026

Japan results and form game by game, and who has stood out

Updated 28 September 2026, after the last game

Japan Questions

What is Japan's form?

Japan have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five games in all competitions in 2026, the newest a 2-1 win over Venezuela on 28 September 2026 and before it a 3-1 win over Uruguay on 24 September.

When do Japan play next?

Japan play Brazil at home on Saturday 14 November 2026 at 10:15 UK time in the Friendly International, then Paraguay at home on Tuesday 17 November and Indonesia at home on Monday 11 January.

What is Japan's home record this season?

Japan have won three, drawn one and lost none of their four home games in all competitions in 2026, scoring seven and conceding three, the last a 2-1 win over Venezuela on 28 September 2026.

What is Japan's away record this season?

Japan have won three, drawn one and lost one of their five away games in all competitions in 2026, scoring nine and conceding four, the last a 1-2 defeat at Brazil on 29 June 2026.

How many clean sheets have Japan kept this season?

Japan have kept four clean sheets in nine games in all competitions in 2026, the last in the 4-0 win at Tunisia on 21 June 2026, and have scored in every one.

Japan stats game by game 2026: the last ten games

Date	Opponent	Score	Expected goals	Shots	Shots on target	Corners	Tackles	Fouls	Yellow cards	Possession	Passes	Goalkeeper saves
28/09/2026	Venezuela (H)	2-1	-	12	4	1	11	14	1	52%	473	3
24/09/2026	Uruguay (H)	3-1	-	2	1	2	4	7	2	50%	224	5
29/06/2026	Brazil (A)	1-2	0.289	5	2	2	10	13	3	31%	315	4
26/06/2026	Sweden (H)	1-1	0.8613	8	3	2	13	20	1	52%	446	4
21/06/2026	Tunisia (A)	4-0	2.0197	11	5	5	18	15	-	62%	582	0
14/06/2026	Netherlands (A)	2-2	0.5337	10	3	4	11	7	0	40%	342	4
31/05/2026	Iceland (H)	1-0	-	15	7	5	7	11	0	55%	581	2
31/03/2026	England (A)	1-0	0.74	7	2	1	21	13	2	30%	316	3
28/03/2026	Scotland (A)	1-0	2.25	18	7	8	14	16	2	55%	608	3

Japan record 2026: overall, home and away

Scope	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	BTTS %	Over 2.5 %	Clean sheet %
Overall	9	6	2	1	16	7	+9	20	2.22	56%	56%	44%
Home	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10	2.5	75%	50%	25%
Away	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	10	2	40%	60%	60%

Japan results 2026, every competition

Date	Competition	Opponent	H/A	Score
28 Mar	Friendly International	Scotland	A	1-0 (W)
31 Mar	Friendly International	England	A	1-0 (W)
31 May	Friendly International	Iceland	H	1-0 (W)
14 Jun	World Cup	Netherlands	A	2-2 (D)
21 Jun	World Cup	Tunisia	A	4-0 (W)
25 Jun	World Cup	Sweden	H	1-1 (D)
29 Jun	World Cup	Brazil	A	1-2 (L)
24 Sep	Friendly International	Uruguay	H	3-1 (W)
28 Sep	Friendly International	Venezuela	H	2-1 (W)
14 Nov	Friendly International	Brazil	H	TBC
17 Nov	Friendly International	Paraguay	H	TBC

Japan players with the most goals 2026

#	Player	Position	Goals	Apps	Per game
1	Koki Ogawa	attacker	1	5	0.2

Japan players with the most assists 2026

#	Player	Position	Assists	Apps	Per game
1	Koki Ogawa	attacker	1	5	0.2

Japan players with the most shots 2026

#	Player	Position	Shots	Apps	Per game
1	Koki Ogawa	attacker	5	5	1
2	Yuki Soma	attacker	3	2	1.5
3	Shuto Nakano	defender	1	1	1
4	Yuto Nagatomo	defender	1	2	0.5

Japan players with the most shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Shots on target	Apps	Per game
1	Yuki Soma	attacker	1	2	0.5
2	Yuto Nagatomo	defender	1	2	0.5
3	Koki Ogawa	attacker	1	5	0.2

Japan players with the most fouls 2026

#	Player	Position	Fouls	Apps	Per game
1	Yuki Soma	attacker	3	2	1.5
2	Shuto Nakano	defender	2	1	2
3	Koki Ogawa	attacker	2	5	0.4

Japan players with the most tackles 2026

#	Player	Position	Tackles	Apps	Per game
1	Koki Kumasaka	midfielder	1	1	1
2	Yuki Soma	attacker	1	2	0.5

Japan players with the most fouls drawn 2026

#	Player	Position	Fouls drawn	Apps	Per game
1	Yuki Soma	attacker	3	2	1.5
2	Shuto Nakano	defender	2	1	2
3	Koki Kumasaka	midfielder	1	1	1
4	Koki Ogawa	attacker	1	5	0.2

Japan players with the most yellow cards 2026

#	Player	Position	Yellow cards	Apps	Per game
1	Koki Ogawa	attacker	1	5	0.2

Japan players with the most key passes 2026

#	Player	Position	Key passes	Apps	Per game
1	Yuki Soma	attacker	1	2	0.5
2	Koki Ogawa	attacker	1	5	0.2

Japan results 2026: the score, xG, xGA and expected points of every game

Opponent	H/A	Competition	Date	Score	xG	xGA	xPts
Venezuela	H	Friendly International	28 Sep	2-1 (W)	-	-	-
Uruguay	H	Friendly International	24 Sep	3-1 (W)	-	-	-
Brazil	A	World Cup	29 Jun	2-1 (L)	0.29	2.15	0.27
Sweden	H	World Cup	26 Jun	1-1 (D)	0.86	0.81	1.37
Tunisia	A	World Cup	21 Jun	0-4 (W)	2.02	0.05	2.70
Netherlands	A	World Cup	14 Jun	2-2 (D)	0.53	1.02	0.91
Iceland	H	Friendly International	31 May	1-0 (W)	-	-	-
England	A	Friendly International	31 Mar	0-1 (W)	0.74	2.13	0.54
Scotland	A	Friendly International	28 Mar	0-1 (W)	2.25	1.34	1.94
Indonesia	H	WC Qualification Asia	10 Jun	6-0 (W)	2.52	0.08	2.80
Australia	A	WC Qualification Asia	5 Jun	1-0 (L)	1.25	0.74	1.75
Saudi Arabia	H	WC Qualification Asia	25 Mar	0-0 (D)	1.47	0.12	2.43
Bahrain	H	WC Qualification Asia	20 Mar	2-0 (W)	1.35	0.81	1.77
China PR	A	WC Qualification Asia	19 Nov	1-3 (W)	1.50	0.88	1.81
Indonesia	A	WC Qualification Asia	15 Nov	0-4 (W)	1.60	0.99	1.80
Australia	H	WC Qualification Asia	15 Oct	1-1 (D)	1.57	0.22	2.40
Saudi Arabia	A	WC Qualification Asia	10 Oct	0-2 (W)	0.89	1.33	1.03
Bahrain	A	WC Qualification Asia	10 Sep	0-5 (W)	-	-	-
China PR	H	WC Qualification Asia	5 Sep	7-0 (W)	-	-	-
Syria	H	WC Qualification Asia	11 Jun	5-0 (W)	-	-	-
Myanmar	A	WC Qualification Asia	6 Jun	0-5 (W)	-	-	-
Korea DPR	A	WC Qualification Asia	26 Mar	0-3 (W)	-	-	-
Korea DPR	H	WC Qualification Asia	21 Mar	1-0 (W)	-	-	-
Syria	A	WC Qualification Asia	21 Nov	0-5 (W)	-	-	-
Myanmar	H	WC Qualification Asia	16 Nov	5-0 (W)	-	-	-

Japan next games: the model's goals for each side and the chance of a Japan win

Opponent	H/A	Competition	Kick-off (UK)	Japan goals	Opponent goals	Japan win
Brazil	H	Friendly International	Sat 14 Nov, 10:15	-	-	-
Paraguay	H	Friendly International	Tue 17 Nov, 00:00	-	-	-
Indonesia	H	AFC Asian Cup	Mon 11 Jan, 10:00	-	-	-
Thailand	A	AFC Asian Cup	Sat 16 Jan, 10:00	-	-	-
Qatar	H	AFC Asian Cup	Wed 20 Jan, 10:00	-	-	-

Bet Builder picks vs Brazil: each player's last ten games, all competitions

Player	Market	Hit rate	Average a game	Model chance	Price
Ayumu Seko	1+ fouls	70%	1.0	-	-
Keisuke Goto	1+ shots on target	70%	0.8	-	-
Shunsuke Saito	2+ shots	60%	1.9	-	-