Brazil 2:1 Japan: World Cup Match Result

World Cup

Brazil WWLDWW

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 29 Jun, 18:00 BST

Japan WDLWWD

Venue: Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho City: Rio de Janeiro

In the World Cup game on 29 June 2026, Brazil beat Japan 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 7:2, corners 6:2.

Key numbers

Possession, % 69 – 31

Shots on target 7 – 2

Shots off target 6 – 1

Expected goals 2.07 – 0.33

🟨 12' K. Sano — Yellow card 🟨 14' Casemiro — Yellow card ⚽ 29' K. Sano — Goal 🟨 45' D. Kamada — Yellow card ⇄ 46' Lucas Paqueta — Substitution 🟨 48' Danilo — Yellow card ⚽ 56' Casemiro — Goal ⇄ 66' M. Cunha — Substitution ⇄ 66' R. Doan — Substitution ⇄ 66' K. Nakamura — Substitution ⇄ 78' D. Kamada — Substitution ⇄ 78' J. Ito — Substitution 🟨 84' J. Suzuki — Yellow card ⇄ 90+2' Casemiro — Substitution ⚽ 90+5' G. Martinelli — Goal ⇄ 90+7' D. Maeda — Substitution ⇄ 90+8' Bruno Guimaraes — Substitution

Match events

12' 0:0 Japan Yellow card K. Sano
14' 0:0 Brazil Yellow card Casemiro
29' 0:1 Japan Goal K. Sano
45' 0:1 Japan Yellow card D. Kamada
46' 0:1 Brazil Substitution Lucas Paqueta off: Endrick
48' 0:1 Brazil Yellow card Danilo
56' 1:1 Brazil Goal Casemiro assist: Gabriel
66' 1:1 Brazil Substitution M. Cunha off: G. Martinelli
66' 1:1 Japan Substitution R. Doan off: Y. Sugawara
66' 1:1 Japan Substitution K. Nakamura off: J. Suzuki
78' 1:1 Japan Substitution D. Kamada off: A. Tanaka
78' 1:1 Japan Substitution J. Ito off: S. Machino
84' 1:1 Japan Yellow card J. Suzuki
90+2' 1:1 Brazil Substitution Casemiro off: Fabinho
90+5' 2:1 Brazil Goal G. Martinelli assist: Bruno Guimaraes
90+7' 2:1 Japan Substitution D. Maeda off: K. Ogawa
90+8' 2:1 Brazil Substitution Bruno Guimaraes off: Danilo Santos

Statistics

69 Possession, % 31

7 Shots on target 2

6 Shots off target 1

2.07 Expected goals 0.33

5 Big chances 0

125 Attacks 64

6 Corners 2

4 Fouls 13

10 Free kicks 4

1 Offsides 0

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

4 Goal kicks 10

21 Throw-ins 16

All statistics

13/2846% Aerial duels 15/2854%

89 Backward passes 52

6 Blocked shots 2

19 Clearances 45

10/3926% Crosses 2/1118%

6/1060% Dribbles 5/863%

1.94 Expected assists 0.23

57 Failed passes 53

1 Goalkeeper saves 4

9 Interceptions 6

17 Key passes 3

21/4547% Long passes 24/4553%

210 Passes into the final third 55

515 Passes in the opposition half 159

206 Passes in own half 165

0.37 Shot accuracy 0.40

7 Shots from outside the box 3

12 Shots inside the box 2

7/1258% Tackles 4/1040%

682 Total passes 313

Line-ups

Brazil

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Alisson	1
3	Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães	3
4	Marquinhos	4
13	Danilo	13
16	Douglas Santos	16
5	Casemiro	5
8	Bruno Guimarães	8
20	Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima	20
7	Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior	7
9	Matheus Cunha	9
26	Ryan	26

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Weverton	12
23	Ederson	23
6	Alex Sandro	6
14	Bremer	14
15	Leonardo Pereira	15
24	Roger Ibañez da Silva	24
2	Éderson José dos Santos Lourenço da Silva	2
17	Fabinho	17
18	Danilo Santos	18
10	Neymar	10
19	Endrick	19
21	Luiz Henrique André Rosa da Silva	21
22	Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva	22
25	Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues	25

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Japan

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Zion Suzuki	1
3	Shogo Taniguchi	3
21	Hiroki Ito	21
22	Takehiro Tomiyasu	22
10	Ritsu Dōan	10
13	Keito Nakamura	13
15	Daichi Kamada	15
24	Kaishu Sano	24
11	Daizen Maeda	11
14	Junya Ito	14
18	Ayase Ueda	18

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Keisuke Osako	12
23	Tomoki Hayakawa	23
2	Yukinari Sugawara	2
4	Ko Itakura	4
5	Yuto Nagatomo	5
16	Tsuyoshi Watanabe	16
20	Ayumu Seko	20
25	Junnosuke Suzuki	25
7	Ao Tanaka	7
17	Yuito Suzuki	17
6	Shuto Machino	6
8	Takefusa Kubo	8
9	Keisuke Goto	9
19	Koki Ogawa	19
26	Kento Shioya	26