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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

  1. 90+1’Goal!Japan flagJapanT. Sakamoto3 – 2
  2. 87’Yellow cardBrazil flagBrazilEndrick
  3. 87’Yellow cardBrazil flagBrazilVinicius Junior
  4. 87’Yellow cardJapan flagJapanJ. Suzuki
  5. 86’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanJ. Suzuki ONH. Ito OFF
  6. 86’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Itakura ONK. Machida OFF
  7. 86’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Sano ONA. Tanaka OFF
  8. 79’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilJoao Gomes ONAndrey Santos OFF
Show 15 earlier events
  1. 78’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilVanderson ONWesley Franca OFF
  2. 75’Goal!Brazil flagBrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 2
  3. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanT. Minamino OND. Kamada OFF
  4. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanT. Sakamoto ONR. Doan OFF
  5. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Ogawa OND. Maeda OFF
  6. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanJ. Ito ONK. Nakamura OFF
  7. 71’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilEndrick ONRaphinha OFF
  8. 62’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Sano ONT. Kubo OFF
  9. 62’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanY. Sugawara ONS. Nakano OFF
  10. 58’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilMarlon Gomes ONAndre OFF
  11. 58’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilAlisson ONEstevao OFF
  12. 58’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilJonathan Jesus ONCunha OFF
  13. 33’Goal!Brazil flagBrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 1
  14. 19’Goal!Japan flagJapanK. NakamuraAssist: S. Nakano2 – 0
  15. 15’Goal!Japan flagJapanT. KuboAssist: R. Doan1 – 0
  16. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Japan flagJapanBrazilBrazil flag
  • 42%Possession58%
  • 5Shots17
  • 3Shots on Target6
  • 1Corners9
  • 84%Pass Accuracy87%
  • 20Fouls9
  • 4Saves1
  • 361Passes495
  • 1Yellow Cards2

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Japan flagJapan3 - 4 - 2 - 1

Substitutions

  1. 62’↑22 Kodai Sano↓20 Takefusa Kubo
  2. 62’↑2 Yukinari Sugawara↓6 Shuto Nakano
  3. 72’↑8 Takumi Minamino↓15 Daichi Kamada
  4. 72’↑26 Tatsuhiro Sakamoto↓10 Ritsu Doan
  5. 72’↑19 Koki Ogawa↓11 Daizen Maeda
  6. 72’↑14 Junya Ito↓13 Keito Nakamura
  7. 86’↑25 Junnosuke Suzuki↓21 Hiroki Itō
  8. 86’↑4 Ko Itakura↓16 Koki Machida
  9. 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

Brazil flagBrazil4 - 3 - 3

  1. 23Morisco
  2. 2Wesley
  3. 4Jair
  4. 3Magalhães
  5. 16Augusto
  6. 8Guimarães
  7. 21Santos
  8. 17Luiz
  9. 11Estêvão
  10. 10Raphinha
  11. 7Júnior

Substitutions

  1. 58’↑20 Marlon Gomes↓ Andre
  2. 58’↑ Alisson↓11 Estêvão
  3. 58’↑24 Jonathan Jesus↓ Cunha
  4. 71’↑9 Endrick↓10 Raphinha
  5. 78’↑13 Vanderson↓ Wesley Franca
  6. 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

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Last 5 matches, all competitions

Japan flag

Japan

  1. W
  2. D
  3. L
  4. W
  5. W
Brazil flag

Brazil

  1. W
  2. L
  3. D
  4. W
  5. W

Player ratings

  1. 1Takefusa Kubo7.9
  2. 2Keito Nakamura7.6
  3. 3Shuto Nakano7.3
  4. 4Ao Tanaka7.0
  5. 5Hiroki Itō6.9
  6. 6Daichi Kamada6.9
  7. 7Kaishu Sano6.9
  8. 8Koki Machida6.6
  9. 9Ritsu Doan6.5
  10. 10Tatsuhiro Sakamoto6.5
  11. 11Zion Suzuki6.3
  12. 12Yukinari Sugawara6.3
  13. 13Takumi Minamino6.3
  14. 14Koki Ogawa6.3
  15. 15Ayumu Seko6.2
  16. 16Daizen Maeda6.2
  17. 17Junya Ito6.2
  1. 1Vinícius Júnior9.5
  2. 2Bruno Guimarães8.2
  3. 3Andrey Santos7.2
  4. 4Raphinha6.9
  5. 5Jonathan Jesus6.9
  6. 6Alisson Santana6.9
  7. 7João Gomes6.9
  8. 8Estêvão6.7
  9. 9Vanderson6.7
  10. 10Jair6.5
  11. 11Marlon Gomes6.5
  12. 12Pedro Morisco6.3
  13. 13Wesley6.3
  14. 14Carlos Augusto6.3
  15. 15André Luiz6.3
  16. 16Gabriel Magalhães6.2
  17. 17Endrick6.2

Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.

MVP of the match

Vinícius Júnior
9.5

Vinícius Júnior

Brazil flagBrazil

2
Goals
0
Assists

Rated 9.5, the best on the pitch — 2 goals in 90 minutes.

Head to head

Japan flag
1Wins
0Draws
4Wins
Brazil flag

5 goals11 goals

Last 5 meetings

  • 2026World CupJapan flagJapan1 - 2Brazil flagBrazil
  • 2025FriendliesJapan flagJapan3 - 2Brazil flagBrazil
  • 2022FriendliesJapan flagJapan0 - 1Brazil flagBrazil
  • 2017FriendliesJapan flagJapan1 - 3Brazil flagBrazil
  • 2013Confederations CupJapan flagJapan0 - 3Brazil flagBrazil

5 meetings in the Cornerflick archive.

Team form comparison

Last 5 matches, all competitions

Japan flagJapan
W-D-L
3-1-1
Scored / match
2.2
Conceded / match
1.0
Brazil flagBrazil
W-D-L
3-1-1
Scored / match
2.4
Conceded / match
1.2

Fan predictions

How the fans called it

  • Japan flagJapanResult0%
  • Draw0%
  • Brazil flagBrazil0%

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What happened

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
cornerflick:match:japan-vs-brazil-friendly-2026-11-14

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23 events

  1. 15’Goal!Japan flagJapanT. KuboAssist: R. Doan1 – 0
  2. 19’Goal!Japan flagJapanK. NakamuraAssist: S. Nakano2 – 0
  3. 33’Goal!Brazil flagBrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 1
  4. 58’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilMarlon Gomes ONAndre OFF
  5. 58’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilAlisson ONEstevao OFF
  6. 58’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilJonathan Jesus ONCunha OFF
  7. 62’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Sano ONT. Kubo OFF
  8. 62’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanY. Sugawara ONS. Nakano OFF
  9. 71’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilEndrick ONRaphinha OFF
  10. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanT. Minamino OND. Kamada OFF
  11. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanT. Sakamoto ONR. Doan OFF
  12. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Ogawa OND. Maeda OFF
  13. 72’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanJ. Ito ONK. Nakamura OFF
  14. 75’Goal!Brazil flagBrazilVinicius JuniorAssist: Bruno Guimaraes2 – 2
  15. 78’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilVanderson ONWesley Franca OFF
  16. 79’SubstitutionBrazil flagBrazilJoao Gomes ONAndrey Santos OFF
  17. 86’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanJ. Suzuki ONH. Ito OFF
  18. 86’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Itakura ONK. Machida OFF
  19. 86’SubstitutionJapan flagJapanK. Sano ONA. Tanaka OFF
  20. 87’Yellow cardBrazil flagBrazilEndrick
  21. 87’Yellow cardBrazil flagBrazilVinicius Junior
  22. 87’Yellow cardJapan flagJapanJ. Suzuki
  23. 90+1’Goal!Japan flagJapanT. Sakamoto3 – 2