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Brazil

2-1
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Japan

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📰 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'
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'
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'
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 Friendly
Jun 2022
Japan 0-1 Brazil
2022 International Friendly
Nov 2017
Japan 1-3 Brazil
2017 International Friendly
Oct 2014
Brazil 4-0 Japan
International Friendly
Jun 2013
Brazil 3-0 Japan
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
Brazil
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

🏟️ NRG Stadium

Houston, Texas

Capacity: 72,220Opened: 2002
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📊 Match Statistics

BRAJPN
68.6Possession (%)31.4
682Passes313
0Pass Accuracy (%)0
19Total Shots5
7Shots on Target2
6Corners2
4Fouls13
1Offsides0
1Saves4
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0