Japan are averaging 8.2 fouls drawn per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 21.3 total fouls drawn on average. That puts them 13th of 20 for team fouls drawn per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player foul-drawn-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Uruguay, 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. That ranks 13th of 20 for team fouls drawn. 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 Uruguay, 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 | Competition | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls drawn | Opposition fouls drawn | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | World Cup | Brazil | Away | 2-1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | Junya Ito (2) |
| 25 Jun 2026 | World Cup | Sweden | Home | 1-1 | 11 | 19 | 30 | Daichi Kamada (3) |
| 21 Jun 2026 | World Cup | Tunisia | Away | 0-4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | Ritsu Doan (2) |
| 14 Jun 2026 | World Cup | Netherlands | Away | 2-2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Shogo Taniguchi (1) |
| 31 May 2026 | Friendly International | Iceland | Home | 1-0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | Takefusa Kubo (2) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Friendly International | England | Away | 0-1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | Kaoru Mitoma (2) |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Friendly International | Scotland | Away | 0-1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | Kaoru Mitoma (2) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Friendly International | Bolivia | Home | 3-0 | 11 | 18 | 29 | Takumi Minamino (2) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Friendly International | Ghana | Home | 2-0 | 12 | 15 | 27 | Ayase Ueda (3) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Friendly International | Brazil | Home | 3-2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | Ritsu Doan (3) |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 8.5 % | Over 9.5 % | Over 10.5 % | Over 11.5 % | Over 12.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 8.5 % | Over 9.5 % | Over 10.5 % | Over 11.5 % | Over 12.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scope | Games | Average | Over 18.5 % | Over 20.5 % | Over 22.5 % | Over 24.5 % | Over 26.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Away | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kick-off | Opponent | Their match total | Their fouls drawn for | Their fouls drawn against | Match total at that venue | For at that venue | Against at that venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 24 Sep 10:05 | Uruguay (home) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mon 28 Sep 10:25 | Venezuela (home) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sat 14 Nov 10:15 | Brazil (home) | - | - | - | - | - | - |