Japan national football team: results and stats
4 investigationsLatest Japan national team football matches: every report comes with full stats, xG analysis and the Crime Index of the result.
Current squad — Japan national team
Goalkeepers
- 1Z. Suzuki
- 12K. Osako
- 23T. Hayakawa
Defenders
- 3S. Taniguchi
- 4K. Itakura
- 5Y. Nagatomo
- 16T. Watanabe
- 20A. Seko
- 21H. Ito
- 22T. Tomiyasu
- 25J. Suzuki
Midfielders
- 2Y. Sugawara
- 7A. Tanaka
- 13Keito Nakamura
- 17Y. Suzuki
- 24K. Sano
Attackers
- 6S. Machino
- 8T. Kubo
- 9K. Goto
- 10R. Doan
- 11D. Maeda
- 14J. Ito
- 15D. Kamada
- 18A. Ueda
- 19Koki Ogawa
- 26K. Shiogai
Injuries & Suspensions
- S. Machino— Missing Fixture (Illness)
- T. Kubo— Missing Fixture (Injury)
Japan Squad: Latest Match
Tunisia — Japan · 3-4-2-1- 1Z. SuzukiG
- 22T. TomiyasuD
- 4K. ItakuraD
- 21H. ItoD
- 10R. DoanM
- 24K. SanoM
- 7A. TanakaM
- 13K. NakamuraM
- 14J. ItoF
- 15D. KamadaF
- 18A. UedaF
Tunisia vs Japan 0:4 — Ueda's Brace and a 4th-Minute Strike Left the Hosts Without a Shot on Target
Japan thrashed Tunisia 0-4, backing up a massive xG edge — 2.13 to the hosts' negligible 0.05.
Brazil — Japan 2:1: Four Fouls, Full Control
Some wins are wrestled into existence; others are simply administered. Brazil moved past Japan 2:1 while committing just 4 fouls in ninety minutes — a number that describes the evening better than any highlight reel.
Japan — Sweden 1:1: Twenty Fouls Cut The Game Apart
Nobody deserved more. Japan built the better chances — 1.21 xG to 0.64 — while Sweden kept the sharper edge, converting at 1.56 and forcing eight corners. The 1:1 draw at a 50% Crime Index split the difference honestly.
Netherlands vs Japan 2-2 — A High-Scoring Draw, Four Storylines
The Netherlands and Japan played out a high-scoring 2-2 draw at the group stage with a close xG reading (0.78 to 0.59).
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the head coach of the Japan national team?
Per the most recently analyzed match (Tunisia — Japan) — Hajime Moriyasu.
How many players are in the Japan national team's current squad?
26 players: goalkeepers — 3, defenders — 8, midfielders — 5, attackers — 10.
How often do Japan's match results diverge from the xG-expected outcome?
Bravsen has analyzed 4 matches — average Crime Index 45, with 1 scoring 60+ (the threshold for an anomalous gap between the result and the xG model).
Across the 4 matches with calculated xG, Japan generated 4.16 expected goals and scored 8 — almost double the model's figure, one of the most clinical finishing profiles among any national team at the tournament on this site. A gap that size across four matches is already a durable pattern, not the result of one high-scoring night.
The Tunisia rout follows naturally from that finishing
The team's single most anomalous covered match is a 4-0 road win over Tunisia, Crime Index 70%. Against a 45% average across all 4 matches, that result stands out — but read against Japan's consistently clinical finishing, it looks less surprising than it first appears.
A national team that consistently converts chances into goals
A team scoring roughly double its xG across four matches is a rare and telling case: nearly every Japan game at the tournament carries the potential for exactly this kind of lopsided scoreline, not just the Tunisia match.