🧩 Starting Lineup
📰 Match Recap
Brazil beat Japan 2-1 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup at NRG Stadium. Read the full match recap, goals, stats and key moments on worldcuplivenow.com.
📝 Match Story
- 12': 🟨 Yellow card for Kaishu Sano (Japan).
- 14': 🟨 Yellow card for Casemiro (Brazil).
- 29': ⚽ Goal for Japan scored by Kaishu Sano.
- 45': 🟨 Yellow card for Daichi Kamada (Japan).
- 48': 🟨 Yellow card for Danilo (Brazil).
- 56': ⚽ Goal for Brazil scored by Casemiro with a header, assisted by Gabriel Magalhães.
- 84': 🟨 Yellow card for Junnosuke Suzuki (Japan).
- 90'+5': ⚽ Goal for Brazil scored by Gabriel Martinelli, assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
⚽ Match Events
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Fabinho(Substitution)
BRA90'+3'
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Gabriel Martinelli
BRA90'+5'
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Koki Ogawa(Substitution)
JPN90'+7'
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Danilo Santos(Substitution)
BRA90'+8'
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Junnosuke Suzuki(Yellow Card)
JPN84'
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Ao Tanaka(Substitution)
JPN78'
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Shuto Machino(Substitution)
JPN78'
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Yukinari Sugawara(Substitution)
JPN66'
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Junnosuke Suzuki(Substitution)
JPN66'
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Gabriel Martinelli(Substitution)
BRA66'
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Casemiro(Goal - Header)
BRA56'
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Danilo(Yellow Card)
BRA48'
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Endrick(Substitution)
BRA45'
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Daichi Kamada(Yellow Card)
JPN45'
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Kaishu Sano
JPN29'
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Casemiro(Yellow Card)
BRA14'
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Kaishu Sano(Yellow Card)
JPN12'
📈 Head-to-Head & Recent Form
Brazil and Japan have met 5 times before. Brazil won 3, drew 0, and lost 2.
Oct 2025
Japan 3-2 Brazil
2025 International FriendlyJun 2022
Japan 0-1 Brazil
2022 International FriendlyNov 2017
Japan 1-3 Brazil
2017 International FriendlyOct 2014
Brazil 4-0 Japan
International FriendlyJun 2013
Brazil 3-0 Japan
2013 FIFA Confederations CupBrazil
WWDWW
- Panama6-2
- Egypt2-1
- Morocco1-1
- Haiti3-0
- Scotland0-3
Japan
WWDWD
- England0-1
- Iceland1-0
- Netherlands2-2
- Tunisia0-4
- Sweden1-1
🏟️ NRG Stadium
Houston, Texas
Capacity: 72,220Opened: 2002
View stadium →📊 Match Statistics
BRAJPN
68.6Possession (%)31.4
682Passes313
0Pass Accuracy (%)0
19Total Shots5
7Shots on Target2
6Corners2
4Fouls13
1Offsides0
1Saves4
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0