Saturday , 14 November 2026

Netherlands vs Japan, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2026
Netherlands
2 – 2
Full Time
Japan
Sun 14 Jun 2026 · 20:00 UTC AT&T Stadium 69,285 HT 45' · FT 45'
Virgil van Dijk 51' 1–0
1–1 57' Keito Nakamura
Crysencio Summerville 64' 2–1
2–2 89' Daichi Kamada
Crysencio Summerville 61' Y
Memphis Depay 83' Y
Mickey van de Ven 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Netherlands vs Japan — Worldcup at AT&T Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Ismail Elfath
  • Assistant 1 Corey Parker
  • Assistant 2 Kyle Atkins
14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Netherlands 1 games · Avg 4.0 goals Japan
Last 5 meetings
2026-06-14 Netherlands 2–2 Japan

Recent Form

Netherlands
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jun Japan H 2–2 D
10 Jul England H 1–2 L
06 Jul Turkey H 2–1 W
02 Jul Romania A 3–0 W
25 Jun Austria H 2–3 L
21 Jun France H 0–0 D
Japan
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jun Netherlands A 2–2 D
05 Dec Croatia H 2–4 L
01 Dec Spain H 2–1 W
27 Nov Costa Rica H 0–1 L
23 Nov Germany A 2–1 W
24 Jun Ecuador A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Netherlands Japan
#21 Position #22
7 Points 5
3 Played 3
2 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 2 / 0
10 Scored 7
4 Conceded 3
+6 GD +4
2.33 PPG 1.67
67% Win % 33%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Netherlands this season
25% Clean Sheets
Japan this season

Netherlands are 21st (7 pts). Japan are 22nd (5 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Netherlands
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
3/3
61-75
3/–
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Japan
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
1/–
46-60
2/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Netherlands
Cody Gakpo 3 G 1 A
Brian Brobbey 3 G
Crysencio Summerville 2 G 2 A
Japan
Ayase Ueda 2 G 1 A
Daichi Kamada 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at AT&T Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' Netherlands have won 43 goals from 19 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 15' Japan fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Japan needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 25' With 1 assists to his name this season, Denzel Dumfries is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Japan.
  • 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 35' Netherlands is showing some good football. However, Netherlands are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 40' The travelling Japan supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 45' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 45 minutes.
  • 50' Japan looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Keito Nakamura scoring 1 goals.
  • 51' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Virgil van Dijk makes it 1-0.
  • 56' Japan started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
  • 57' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Keito Nakamura makes it 1-1.
  • 61' Crysencio Summerville picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 64' GOAL! Crysencio Summerville scores on 64. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch
  • 66' Japan manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Junya Ito is hanging Daizen Maeda on the field on 66 minute.
  • 70' Memphis Depay gets the nod from Netherlands. He replaces Donyell Malen and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 75' Takehiro Tomiyasu gets the nod from Japan. He replaces Tsuyoshi Watanabe and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 80' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Netherlands and Japan are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 81' Another substitution for Netherlands to replace Ryan Gravenberch by Nathan Ake on 81 minute.
  • 83' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Memphis Depay.
  • 84' Kento Shiogai is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ayase Ueda at the 84 minute mark.
  • 85' The Netherlands manager makes a substitution. Cody Gakpo departs to be replaced by Brian Brobbey.
  • 89' The Japan Daichi Kamada breaks the deadlock on 89 minutes. 2-2!
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Mickey van de Ven.
  • The final score is 2-2.

Lineups

Netherlands Lineups

4-1-2-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronald Koeman

Japan Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hajime Moriyasu

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.17 Netherlands xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.95 Japan xG
I would bet for: Netherlands or Japan 77% + Over 2.5 goals 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Netherlands43% Draw23% Japan34%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes75% 0% No25%
Avg goals/match: 4.12
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 77%
23%
± 3.5 58%
42%
± 4.5 39%
61%

Double Chance

Netherlands or Draw
67%
Draw or Japan
57%
Netherlands or Japan
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Netherlands34% Draw37% Japan29%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
7.7%
2 – 1
7.3%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 2
6.6%
3 – 1
5.2%
3 – 2
5%
2 – 3
4.5%
1 – 3
4.2%
2 – 0
3.9%
3 – 3
3.3%
0 – 2
3.2%
1 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Netherlands

Handicap Netherlands covers Push Japan covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 13% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 18% 57%
-0.5 43% — 57%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 16% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 11% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Netherlands keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
Japan keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.