Japan vs Brazil 3-2
- T. Kubo15'
- K. Nakamura19'
- T. Sakamoto90+1'
- Vinicius Junior33'
- Vinicius Junior75'
- Kick-off
- Sat, 14 Nov 2026 · 10:15 (UTC)
- Venue
- National Stadium, Kallang
Match timeline
- 90+1’Goal!
JapanT. Sakamoto3 – 2 - 87’Yellow card
BrazilEndrick - 87’Yellow card
BrazilVinicius Junior - 87’Yellow card
JapanJ. Suzuki - 86’Substitution
JapanJ. Suzuki ONH. Ito OFF - 86’Substitution
JapanK. Itakura ONK. Machida OFF - 86’Substitution
JapanK. Sano ONA. Tanaka OFF - 79’Substitution
BrazilJoao Gomes ONAndrey Santos OFF
Show 15 earlier events
- 78’Substitution
BrazilVanderson ONWesley Franca OFF - 75’Goal!
BrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 2 - 72’Substitution
JapanT. Minamino OND. Kamada OFF - 72’Substitution
JapanT. Sakamoto ONR. Doan OFF - 72’Substitution
JapanK. Ogawa OND. Maeda OFF - 72’Substitution
JapanJ. Ito ONK. Nakamura OFF - 71’Substitution
BrazilEndrick ONRaphinha OFF - 62’Substitution
JapanK. Sano ONT. Kubo OFF - 62’Substitution
JapanY. Sugawara ONS. Nakano OFF - 58’Substitution
BrazilMarlon Gomes ONAndre OFF - 58’Substitution
BrazilAlisson ONEstevao OFF - 58’Substitution
BrazilJonathan Jesus ONCunha OFF - 33’Goal!
BrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 1 - 19’Goal!
JapanK. NakamuraAssist: S. Nakano2 – 0 - 15’Goal!
JapanT. KuboAssist: R. Doan1 – 0 - 1’Kick-off
Key stats
- 42%Possession58%
- 5Shots17
- 3Shots on Target6
- 1Corners9
- 84%Pass Accuracy87%
- 20Fouls9
- 4Saves1
- 361Passes495
- 1Yellow Cards2
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Japan3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Substitutions
- 62’↑22 Kodai Sano↓20 Takefusa Kubo
- 62’↑2 Yukinari Sugawara↓6 Shuto Nakano
- 72’↑8 Takumi Minamino↓15 Daichi Kamada
- 72’↑26 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto↓10 Ritsu Doan
- 72’↑19 Koki Ogawa↓11 Daizen Maeda
- 72’↑14 Junya Ito↓13 Keito Nakamura
- 86’↑25 Junnosuke Suzuki↓21 Hiroki Itō
- 86’↑4 Ko Itakura↓16 Koki Machida
- 86’↑22 Kodai Sano↓17 Ao Tanaka
Unused substitutes 12 Léo Kokubo, 23 Tomoki Hayakawa, 5 Tsuyoshi Watanabe, 18 Yuito Suzuki, 7 Yuki Soma, 9 Keisuke Goto
Brazil4 - 3 - 3
- 23Morisco
2Wesley- 4Jair
3Magalhães- 16Augusto
8Guimarães- 21Santos
- 17Luiz
- 11Estêvão
10Raphinha
7Júnior
Substitutions
- 58’↑20 Marlon Gomes↓ Andre
- 58’↑ Alisson↓11 Estêvão
- 58’↑24 Jonathan Jesus↓ Cunha
- 71’↑9 Endrick↓10 Raphinha
- 78’↑13 Vanderson↓ Wesley Franca
- 79’↑18 João Gomes↓21 Andrey Santos
Unused substitutes 1 Bento, 12 Lucas Perri, 15 Arthur Dias, 6 Douglas Santos, 14 Vitor Reis, 25 Gabriel Bontempo, 19 Alisson Santana, 22 Allan, 26 Rayan
Match facts
- Competition
- International Friendlies
- Round
- Friendly International
- Date
- Sat, 14 Nov 2026
- Kick-off
- 10:15 (UTC)
- Venue
- National Stadium, Kallang
Match related news
Player ratings
- 1
Takefusa Kubo7.9 - 2
Keito Nakamura7.6 - 3
Shuto Nakano7.3 - 4
Ao Tanaka7.0 - 5
Hiroki Itō6.9 - 6
Daichi Kamada6.9 - 7
Kaishu Sano6.9 - 8
Koki Machida6.6 - 9
Ritsu Doan6.5 - 10
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto6.5 - 11
Zion Suzuki6.3 - 12
Yukinari Sugawara6.3 - 13
Takumi Minamino6.3 - 14
Koki Ogawa6.3 - 15
Ayumu Seko6.2 - 16
Daizen Maeda6.2 - 17
Junya Ito6.2
- 1
Vinícius Júnior9.5 - 2
Bruno Guimarães8.2 - 3
Andrey Santos7.2 - 4
Raphinha6.9 - 5
Jonathan Jesus6.9 - 6
Alisson Santana6.9 - 7
João Gomes6.9 - 8
Estêvão6.7 - 9
Vanderson6.7 - 10
Jair6.5 - 11
Marlon Gomes6.5 - 12
Pedro Morisco6.3 - 13
Wesley6.3 - 14
Carlos Augusto6.3 - 15
André Luiz6.3 - 16
Gabriel Magalhães6.2 - 17
Endrick6.2
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match

Rated 9.5, the best on the pitch — 2 goals in 90 minutes.
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5 goals11 goals
Last 5 meetings
- 2026World Cup
Japan1 - 2
Brazil - 2025Friendlies
Japan3 - 2
Brazil - 2022Friendlies
Japan0 - 1
Brazil - 2017Friendlies
Japan1 - 3
Brazil - 2013Confederations Cup
Japan0 - 3
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Last 5 matches, all competitions
- W-D-L
- 3-1-1
- Scored / match
- 2.2
- Conceded / match
- 1.0
- W-D-L
- 3-1-1
- Scored / match
- 2.4
- Conceded / match
- 1.2
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Match report
Japan beat Brazil 3-2 in Kallang after T. Sakamoto, who came on in the 72nd minute, scored three minutes into stoppage time. Brazil twice fought back, but Japan kept the lead to the end.
Japan went ahead in the 15th minute when T. Kubo finished from R. Doan, and K. Nakamura made it 2-0 four minutes later from S. Nakano. Brazil pulled one back in the 33rd minute through Vinicius Junior, set up by Bruno Guimaraes, and Japan led 2-1 at half-time.
Brazil made three changes on 58 minutes and levelled on 75 minutes when Vinicius Junior scored his second of the match from another Bruno Guimaraes assist. Japan then made two changes on 62 minutes, four on 72 minutes and three more on 86 minutes before Sakamoto, introduced on 72 minutes, struck late to settle it at 3-2. Japan had 42% of the ball and 361 passes to Brazil's 495, but they still managed five shots on target to Brazil's six and won 1-9 on corners. Japan also had 20 fouls to Brazil's 9.
Endrick and Vinicius Junior were booked for Brazil on 87 minutes, while J. Suzuki was booked for Japan on the same minute.
Match record
- Competition
- International Friendlies
- Round
- Friendly International
- Kick-off
- Venue
- National Stadium, Kallang
- Match ID
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23 events
- 15’Goal!
JapanT. KuboAssist: R. Doan1 – 0 - 19’Goal!
JapanK. NakamuraAssist: S. Nakano2 – 0 - 33’Goal!
BrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 1 - 58’Substitution
BrazilMarlon Gomes ONAndre OFF - 58’Substitution
BrazilAlisson ONEstevao OFF - 58’Substitution
BrazilJonathan Jesus ONCunha OFF - 62’Substitution
JapanK. Sano ONT. Kubo OFF - 62’Substitution
JapanY. Sugawara ONS. Nakano OFF - 71’Substitution
BrazilEndrick ONRaphinha OFF - 72’Substitution
JapanT. Minamino OND. Kamada OFF - 72’Substitution
JapanT. Sakamoto ONR. Doan OFF - 72’Substitution
JapanK. Ogawa OND. Maeda OFF - 72’Substitution
JapanJ. Ito ONK. Nakamura OFF - 75’Goal!
BrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 2 - 78’Substitution
BrazilVanderson ONWesley Franca OFF - 79’Substitution
BrazilJoao Gomes ONAndrey Santos OFF - 86’Substitution
JapanJ. Suzuki ONH. Ito OFF - 86’Substitution
JapanK. Itakura ONK. Machida OFF - 86’Substitution
JapanK. Sano ONA. Tanaka OFF - 87’Yellow card
BrazilEndrick - 87’Yellow card
BrazilVinicius Junior - 87’Yellow card
JapanJ. Suzuki - 90+1’Goal!
JapanT. Sakamoto3 – 2

















