Japan are averaging 14.6 tackles per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 26 total tackles on average. Below you'll find player tackle-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Venezuela, and a full match-by-match log.
Tsuyoshi Watanabe leads with 12 tackles across 5 qualifying appearances (2.4/g, 100% hit rate). The tackle-rate table on this page lists every Japan player with their tackles per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ tackles price for the next fixture.
Japan are averaging 14.6 tackles per game over 10 games and concede 11.4 for a match-total of 26. They average 29.2 tackles per take-on attempted against them (opposition averages 0.71 take-ons/g).
Tackle matchup blends the defender's tackles per game (50%), the opposition attacker's take-on rate (30%), and the defender's underlying tackle propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against Venezuela, the page's matchup read uses each opposition forward's last-season dribble rate to weight Japan's defenders.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Japan fixtures in the active window for 2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their tackle rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted by 5-minute substitutions.
We count attempted tackles per Sportmonks' definition. That matches what Bet365 settles 1+ tackles markets on, so the page's hit-rate and the bookmaker's pricing are aligned.
| Player | Position | Apps | Tackles | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsuyoshi Watanabe | defender | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 100% |
| Ao Tanaka | midfielder | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 100% |
| Daizen Maeda | attacker | 5 | 10 | 2 | 80% |
| Junnosuke Suzuki | defender | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 75% |
| Hiroki Ito | defender | 7 | 8 | 1.14 | 71% |
| Ritsu Doan | attacker | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 70% |
| Kaishu Sano | midfielder | 6 | 12 | 2 | 67% |
| Yukinari Sugawara | defender | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 67% |
| Junya Ito | attacker | 8 | 9 | 1.13 | 63% |
| Daichi Kamada | midfielder | 7 | 7 | 1 | 57% |
| Keito Nakamura | attacker | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 50% |
| Ko Itakura | defender | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Shogo Taniguchi | defender | 8 | 3 | 0.38 | 38% |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | defender | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Ayase Ueda | attacker | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 30% |
| Ayumu Seko | midfielder | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Zion Suzuki | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Takefusa Kubo | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Koki Ogawa | attacker | 4 | 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 tackles | Opposition tackles | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | Brazil | Away | 2-1 | 10 | 12 | 22 | Ao Tanaka (2) |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Sweden | Home | 1-1 | 13 | 6 | 19 | Daizen Maeda (4) |
| 21 Jun 2026 | Tunisia | Away | 0-4 | 18 | 18 | 36 | Ao Tanaka (4) |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Netherlands | Away | 2-2 | 11 | 11 | 22 | Daichi Kamada (3) |
| 31 May 2026 | Iceland | Home | 1-0 | 7 | 12 | 19 | Ritsu Doan (2) |
| 31 Mar 2026 | England | Away | 0-1 | 21 | 5 | 26 | Kaoru Mitoma (4) |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Scotland | Away | 0-1 | 14 | 9 | 23 | Joel Chima Fujita (3) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Bolivia | Home | 3-0 | 14 | 10 | 24 | Yukinari Sugawara (4) |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Ghana | Home | 2-0 | 22 | 16 | 38 | Kaishu Sano (5) |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Brazil | Home | 3-2 | 16 | 15 | 31 | Junnosuke Suzuki (6) |