Japan are averaging 1.2 assists per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 1.9 total assists on average. Below you'll find player assist-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Indonesia, and a full match-by-match log.
Takefusa Kubo leads with 3 assists across 5 qualifying appearances (0.6/g, 60% hit rate). The assist-rate table below ranks every Japan player by assists per qualifying appearance and six-game form.
Japan are averaging 1.2 assists per game over 10 games and concede 0.7 for a match-total of 1.9. They're creating 7.6 key passes per game feeding 11.1 shots/g.
Anytime-assist prices are not yet wired up; the chip will read “no priced market” until that's added.
Assists matchup blends our creators' rate (50%) with the opposition's goals conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Indonesia, the page weights Japan's creators against the opposition's last-season goals-conceded rate.
A key pass creates a shot for a teammate; an assist is a key pass that turns into a goal. Japan currently convert 16% of their key passes into assists — that's the "Assists / KP" tile in the context panel.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Japan fixtures in the active window for 2027.
| Player | Position | Apps | Assists | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takefusa Kubo | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| Kaishu Sano | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Keito Nakamura | attacker | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Ko Itakura | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Ayase Ueda | attacker | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Yukinari Sugawara | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Junya Ito | attacker | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | 13% |
| Ritsu Doan | attacker | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Zion Suzuki | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Shogo Taniguchi | defender | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Daichi Kamada | midfielder | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Hiroki Ito | defender | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tsuyoshi Watanabe | defender | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Daizen Maeda | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayumu Seko | midfielder | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ao Tanaka | midfielder | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Junnosuke Suzuki | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Koki Ogawa | attacker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T. Hayakawa | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Shuto Machino | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Yuito Suzuki | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Keisuke Goto | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Yuto Nagatomo | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team assists | Opposition assists | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | Brazil | Away | 2-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Sweden | Home | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ritsu Doan (1) |
| 21 Jun 2026 | Tunisia | Away | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Ko Itakura (1) |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Netherlands | Away | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Takefusa Kubo (1) |
| 31 May 2026 | Iceland | Home | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Yukinari Sugawara (1) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | England | Away | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Keito Nakamura (1) |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Scotland | Away | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kento Shiogai (1) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Bolivia | Home | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keito Nakamura (1) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Ghana | Home | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Takefusa Kubo (1) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Brazil | Home | 3-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Junya Ito (2) |