Japan 1–1 Sweden
Japan
1–1HT 0–0
Sweden
Japan played Sweden in the World Cup on 25 June 2026 at AT&T Stadium. The match finished 1–1.
Goals and cards
- 32'Isak Hien — Yellow card
- 56'D. Maeda (assist by R. Doan)
- 62'A. Elanga (assist by V. Gyokeres)
- 77'Shogo Taniguchi — Yellow card
- 85'Viktor Gyökeres — Yellow card
Line-ups
Japan 3-4-2-1
- Z. Suzuki
- A. Seko
- K. Itakura
- H. Ito
- Y. Sugawara
- A. Tanaka
- D. Kamada
- K. Nakamura
- R. Doan
- D. Maeda
- A. Ueda
- SUBSTITUTES
- K. Osako
- T. Hayakawa
- Y. Nagatomo
- T. Tomiyasu
- S. Machino
- Y. Suzuki
- J. Suzuki
- K. Goto
- S. Taniguchi
- J. Ito
- K. Ogawa
- K. Sano
- T. Watanabe
- K. Shiogai
- COACHES: Hajime Moriyasu
Sweden 3-4-3
- J. Widell Zetterstrom
- G. Lagerbielke
- I. Hien
- G. Gudmundsson
- A. Bernhardsson
- V. Lindelof
- Y. Ayari
- E. Stroud
- A. Elanga
- V. Gyökeres
- A. Isak
- SUBSTITUTES
- K. Nordfeldt
- V. Johansson
- C. Starfelt
- G. Nilsson
- M. Svanberg
- B. Nygren
- H. Johansson
- T. Ali
- K. Sema
- J. Karlstrom
- E. Smith
- H. Ekdal
- D. Svensson
- L. Bergvall
- B. Zeneli
- COACHES: Graham Potter
Match statistics
| Japan | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 8 | Total shots | 11 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 4 | Shots inside box | 6 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 5 |
| 20 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Corners | 8 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 52% | Possession | 48% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 445 | Total passes | 395 |
| 378 | Accurate passes | 312 |
| 85% | Pass accuracy | 79% |
| 1.21 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.64 |
| 0.27 | goals_prevented | 0.27 |