Japan 3–1 Uruguay
Japan
3–1HT 1–1
Uruguay
Japan played Uruguay in the Friendlies on 24 September 2026 at Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi. The match finished 3–1.
Goals and cards
- 11'K. Matsuki (assist by K. Nakamura)
- 42'M. Araujo
- 67'H. Ito — Yellow card
- 73'A. Seko — Yellow card
- 75'R. Bentancur — Yellow card
- 90+2'K. Shiogai
- 90+3'J. Gimenez — Yellow card
- 90+7'A. Ueda (assist by J. Ito)
Line-ups
Japan 3-4-2-1
- Tomoki Hayakawa
- Ayumu Seko
- Ko Itakura
- Hiroki Itō
- Kuryu Matsuki
- Kaishu Sano
- Kodai Sano
- Keito Nakamura
- Ritsu Doan
- Yuito Suzuki
- Daizen Maeda
- SUBSTITUTES
- Daichi Kamada
- Léo Kokubo
- Junnosuke Suzuki
- Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- Shunsuke Saito
- Koki Kumasaka
- Shuto Nakano
- Satoshi Tanaka
- Ao Tanaka
- Takefusa Kubo
- Junya Ito
- Kento Shiogai
- Yuki Soma
- Ayase Ueda
- Kaina Tanimura
- COACHES: Hajime Moriyasu
Uruguay 4-4-2
- Santiago Mele
- Nahitan Nández
- Ronald Araújo
- Mathías Olivera
- Juan Sanabria
- Brian Rodríguez
- Lucas Torreira
- Rodrigo Bentancur
- Maximiliano Araújo
- Darwin Núñez
- Federico Viñas
- SUBSTITUTES
- Cristopher Fiermarín
- Thiago Cardozo
- Santiago Mouriño
- Juan Rodríguez
- Sebastián Cáceres
- Joaquín Piquerez
- Guillermo Varela
- José María Giménez
- Facundo Pellistri
- Emiliano Martínez
- Facundo Bernal
- Giorgian de Arrascaeta
- Martín Satriano
- Rodrigo Zalazar
- Rodrigo Aguirre
- COACHES: Marcelo Bielsa
Match statistics
| Japan | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 1 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 3 | Total shots | 9 |
| 1 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 0 | Shots inside box | 6 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 7 | Fouls | 3 |
| 0 | Corners | 1 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 50% | Possession | 50% |
| 5 | Saves | 0 |
| 224 | Total passes | 226 |
| 193 | Accurate passes | 176 |
| 86% | Pass accuracy | 78% |