Brazil 2-1 Japan — World Cup Result & Report

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World CupRound of 32

Brazil

FULL-TIME

2-1

Japan

Kick-off (SAST)

19:00 · 29 Jun 2026

Venue

NRG Stadium

Competition

World Cup

Casemiro 56' ⚽

G. Martinelli 90' ⚽

⚽ K. Sano 29'

Brazil 2-1 Japan. The full-time result from World Cup at NRG Stadium. Live in South Africa on SuperSport and SABC Sport, and streamed on DStv Stream.

Match timeline

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12'

Kaishu Sano — Yellow Card

Casemiro — Yellow Card

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14'

⚽
29'

K. Sano

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45'

Daichi Kamada — Yellow Card

Endrick on, Lucas Paqueta off

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46'

Danilo — Yellow Card

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48'

Casemiro (assist Gabriel)

⚽
56'

G. Martinelli on, M. Cunha off

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66'

Y. Sugawara on, R. Doan off

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66'

J. Suzuki on, K. Nakamura off

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78'

S. Machino on, J. Ito off

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78'

A. Tanaka on, D. Kamada off

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84'

Junnosuke Suzuki — Yellow Card

G. Martinelli (assist Bruno Guimaraes)

⚽
90'

Fabinho on, Casemiro off

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90+3'

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90+7'

K. Ogawa on, D. Maeda off

Danilo Santos on, Bruno Guimaraes off

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90+8'

Match stats

69%Possession31%

19Shots5

7Shots on target2

1.69Expected goals (xG)0.23

6Corners2

4Fouls13

2Yellow cards3

92%Pass accuracy83%

Line-ups

Brazil4-3-3

1Alisson

13Danilo

4Marquinhos

3Gabriel

16Douglas Santos

8Bruno Guimaraes

5Casemiro

20Lucas Paqueta

26Rayan

9M. Cunha

7Vinicius Junior

Subs

Ederson, Weverton, Neymar, Alex Sandro, Leo Pereira, Ibanez, G. Martinelli, Ederson, Luiz Henrique, Endrick, Fabinho, Bremer, I. Thiago, Danilo Santos

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Japan3-4-2-1

1Z. Suzuki

22T. Tomiyasu

3S. Taniguchi

21H. Ito

10R. Doan

24K. Sano

15D. Kamada

13K. Nakamura

14J. Ito

11D. Maeda

18A. Ueda

Subs

K. Osako, T. Hayakawa, Y. Nagatomo, K. Itakura, A. Seko, Y. Sugawara, S. Machino, Y. Suzuki, J. Suzuki, K. Goto, K. Ogawa, A. Tanaka, T. Kubo, T. Watanabe, K. Shiogai

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu