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Brazil

2 - 1

Japan

1/16 · Mon, Jun 29, 2026, 17:00 UTC · Houston Stadium, Houston, Texas · Attendance 68,777 · Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Player of the match

Gabriel

Brazil

8.4

Match stats

BrazilJapan

69

Ball possession

31

2.07

Expected goals (xG)

0.33

19

Total shots

5

7

Shots on target

2

35

Touches in opposition box

10

5

Big chances

0

3

Big chances missed

0

625 (92%)

Accurate passes

260 (83%)

2

Yellow cards

3

6

Corners

2

Match events

12'

Y

Kaishu Sano

14'

Y

Casemiro

29'

G

Kaishu Sano

45'

Y

Daichi Kamada

46'

S

Endrick on for Lucas Paquetá

48'

Y

Danilo

56'

G

Casemiro

65'

S

Gabriel Martinelli on for Matheus Cunha

66'

S

Junnosuke Suzuki on for Keito Nakamura

66'

S

Yukinari Sugawara on for Ritsu Doan

78'

S

Ao Tanaka on for Daichi Kamada

78'

S

Shuto Machino on for Junya Ito

84'

Y

Junnosuke Suzuki

90 + 1'

S

Fabinho on for Casemiro

90 + 5'

G

Gabriel Martinelli

90 + 7'

S

Koki Ogawa on for Daizen Maeda

90 + 7'

S

Danilo on for Bruno Guimarães

Highlights

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Head-to-head

6 Brazil wins0 draws1 Japan wins

Oct 14, 10:30 UTC

Japan 3 - 2 Brazil

Friendlies

Jun 06, 10:25 UTC

Japan 0 - 1 Brazil

Friendlies

Nov 10, 12:00 UTC

Japan 1 - 3 Brazil

Friendlies

Oct 14, 10:45 UTC

Japan 0 - 4 Brazil

Friendlies

Jun 15, 19:00 UTC

Brazil 3 - 0 Japan

Confederations Cup grp. A

Lineups

Brazil4-3-3

1

6.5

Alisson Becker

13

6.3

Danilo

4

7.7

Marquinhos

3

8.4

Gabriel

16

7.9

Douglas Santos

8

8.4

Bruno Guimarães

5

8.4

Casemiro

20

7.1

Lucas Paquetá

26

7.7

Rayan

9

6.5

Matheus Cunha

7

7.6

Vinícius Júnior

Substitutes

Endrick6.0

Gabriel Martinelli7.4

FabinhoDNP

DaniloDNP

EdersonDNP

WevertonDNP

Alex SandroDNP

Gleison BremerDNP

Léo PereiraDNP

Roger IbañezDNP

ÉdersonDNP

Igor ThiagoDNP

Luiz HenriqueDNP

NeymarDNP

Japan3-4-2-1

1

7.0

Zion Suzuki

22

7.0

Takehiro Tomiyasu

3

6.4

Shogo Taniguchi

21

5.6

Hiroki Ito

10

6.1

Ritsu Doan

24

7.5

Kaishu Sano

15

6.3

Daichi Kamada

13

6.1

Keito Nakamura

14

6.5

Junya Ito

11

6.9

Daizen Maeda

18

5.9

Ayase Ueda

Substitutes

Junnosuke Suzuki5.8

Yukinari Sugawara6.5

Ao Tanaka5.4

Shuto Machino5.9

Koki OgawaDNP

Keisuke OsakoDNP

Tomoki HayakawaDNP

Ayumu SekoDNP

Ko ItakuraDNP

Tsuyoshi WatanabeDNP

Yuto NagatomoDNP

Yuito SuzukiDNP

Keisuke GotoDNP

Kento ShiogaiDNP

Takefusa KuboDNP