Japan are averaging 8.2 fouls drawn per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.3 total fouls drawn on average. Below you'll find player foul-drawn-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Indonesia, and a full match-by-match log.
Ritsu Doan leads with 11 fouls drawn across 10 qualifying appearances (1.1/g, 70% hit rate). The fouls-drawn-rate table below ranks every Japan player by fouls drawn per qualifying appearance and six-game form.
Japan are averaging 8.2 fouls drawn per game over 10 games and concede 13.1 for a match-total of 21.3. They commit 13.8 fouls per game themselves (drawn/committed ratio of 0.59).
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Fouls-drawn matchup blends our attackers' draw rate (50%) with the opposition's fouls-committed rate (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Indonesia, the page weights Japan's ball-carriers against the opposition's last-season fouls-committed rate.
Japan's ratio is currently 0.59 — that means they draw 0.59 fouls for every one they commit. Above 1.0 is good for forward foul-draw markets; below 1.0 is the reverse.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Japan fixtures in the active window for 2027. Team-level fouls drawn is aggregated from per-player rows since Sportmonks doesn't always populate it directly.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their fouls-drawn rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls drawn | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takefusa Kubo | attacker | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Keisuke Goto | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ritsu Doan | attacker | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 70% |
| Ayase Ueda | attacker | 10 | 10 | 1 | 70% |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | defender | 3 | 2 | 0.67 | 67% |
| Junya Ito | attacker | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 63% |
| Junnosuke Suzuki | defender | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50% |
| Koki Ogawa | attacker | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| T. Hayakawa | goalkeeper | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Daichi Kamada | midfielder | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 43% |
| Tsuyoshi Watanabe | defender | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Daizen Maeda | attacker | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Ayumu Seko | midfielder | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Ao Tanaka | midfielder | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 40% |
| Kaishu Sano | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Yukinari Sugawara | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Keito Nakamura | attacker | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Shogo Taniguchi | defender | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 25% |
| Zion Suzuki | goalkeeper | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Hiroki Ito | defender | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ko Itakura | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Shuto Machino | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Yuito Suzuki | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Yuto Nagatomo | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls drawn | Opposition fouls drawn | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | Brazil | Away | 2-1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | Junya Ito (2) |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Sweden | Home | 1-1 | 11 | 19 | 30 | Daichi Kamada (3) |
| 21 Jun 2026 | Tunisia | Away | 0-4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Ritsu Doan (2) |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Netherlands | Away | 2-2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Shogo Taniguchi (1) |
| 31 May 2026 | Iceland | Home | 1-0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Takefusa Kubo (2) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | England | Away | 0-1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | Kaoru Mitoma (2) |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Scotland | Away | 0-1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | Kaoru Mitoma (2) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Bolivia | Home | 3-0 | 11 | 18 | 29 | Takumi Minamino (2) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Ghana | Home | 2-0 | 12 | 15 | 27 | Ayase Ueda (3) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Brazil | Home | 3-2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Ritsu Doan (3) |