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2 — 1 Jun 29, 2026 · 10:30 PM IST

Japan

World Cup · Round 1/16

Venue Houston Stadium, Houston, Texas

Referee Maurizio Mariani

Attendance 68,777

Player of the Match Gabriel 8.4 90' played

Match Events

12' Away Kaishu Sano

14' Home Casemiro

29' Away ⚽ Kaishu Sano — 0-1

45' Away Daichi Kamada

HT

46' Home ↔ Endrick → Lucas Paquetá

48' Home Danilo

56' Home ⚽ Casemiro — 1-1

65' Home ↔ Gabriel Martinelli → Matheus Cunha

66' Away ↔ Junnosuke Suzuki → Keito Nakamura

66' Away ↔ Yukinari Sugawara → Ritsu Doan

78' Away ↔ Ao Tanaka → Daichi Kamada

78' Away ↔ Shuto Machino → Junya Ito

84' Away Junnosuke Suzuki

90 + 1' Home ↔ Fabinho ↗ → Casemiro

90 + 5' Home ⚽ Gabriel Martinelli — 2-1

90 + 7' Away ↔ Koki Ogawa → Daizen Maeda

90 + 7' Home ↔ Danilo → Bruno Guimarães

FT

Match Stats

69 31

Ball possession

2.07 0.33

Expected goals (xG)

19 5

Total shots

7 2

Shots on target

35 10

Touches in opposition box

5 0

Big chances

3 0

Big chances missed

625 (92%) 260 (83%)

Accurate passes

2 3

Yellow cards

6 2

Corners

Lineups

Brazil (4-3-3)

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Starting XI

1 Alisson Becker 6.5

13 Danilo 6.3

4 Marquinhos 7.7

3 Gabriel 8.4

16 Douglas Santos 7.9

8 Bruno Guimarães 8.4

5 Casemiro 8.4

20 Lucas Paquetá 7.1

26 Rayan 7.7

9 Matheus Cunha 6.5

7 Vinícius Júnior 7.6

Substitutes

19 Endrick 6

22 Gabriel Martinelli 7.4

17 Fabinho ↗

18 Danilo

23 Ederson

12 Weverton

6 Alex Sandro

14 Gleison Bremer

15 Léo Pereira

24 Roger Ibañez

2 Éderson

25 Igor Thiago

21 Luiz Henrique

10 Neymar

Japan (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Starting XI

1 Zion Suzuki 7

22 Takehiro Tomiyasu 7

3 Shogo Taniguchi 6.4

21 Hiroki Ito 5.6

10 Ritsu Doan 6.1

24 Kaishu Sano 7.5

15 Daichi Kamada 6.3

13 Keito Nakamura 6.1

14 Junya Ito 6.5

11 Daizen Maeda 6.9

18 Ayase Ueda 5.9

Substitutes

25 Junnosuke Suzuki 5.8

2 Yukinari Sugawara 6.5

7 Ao Tanaka 5.4

6 Shuto Machino 5.9

19 Koki Ogawa

12 Keisuke Osako

23 Tomoki Hayakawa

20 Ayumu Seko

4 Ko Itakura

16 Tsuyoshi Watanabe

5 Yuto Nagatomo

17 Yuito Suzuki

9 Keisuke Goto

26 Kento Shiogai

8 Takefusa Kubo