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Japan vs Sweden: match report

Japan hosted Sweden at AT&T Stadium on Thursday 25 June 2026, in the World Cup (round 3). Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros is the referee.

Result and scorers

Japan 1-1 Sweden. Goals: Daizen Maeda 56' for Japan; Anthony Elanga 62' for Sweden. Attendance: 70,137.

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Key moments (contains the result)

32' Yellow card: Isak Hien (Sweden)
56' Goal: Daizen Maeda (Japan) 1-0
62' Goal: Anthony Elanga (Sweden) 1-1
77' Yellow card: Shogo Taniguchi (Japan)
84' Yellow card: Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden)

Match stats (contains the result)

52.3%	Possession	47.7%
8	Shots	11
3	Shots on target	5
2	Corners	8
20	Fouls	11
3	Offsides	2
4	Saves	2
1	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0

Line-ups

Japan 3-4-2-1

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

1 Zion Suzuki GK
20 Ayumu Seko DEF
4 Ko Itakura DEF
21 Hiroki Ito DEF
2 Yukinari Sugawara DEF
7 Ao Tanaka MID
15 Daichi Kamada MID
13 Keito Nakamura FWD
10 Ritsu Doan MID
11 Daizen Maeda FWD
18 Ayase Ueda FWD

Bench

3 Shogo Taniguchi DEF
14 Junya Ito FWD
19 Koki Ogawa FWD
16 Tsuyoshi Watanabe DEF
5 Yuto Nagatomo DEF
12 Keisuke Osako GK
23 Tomoki Hayakawa GK
25 Junnosuke Suzuki DEF
22 Takehiro Tomiyasu DEF
24 Kaishu Sano MID
17 Yuito Suzuki MID
9 Keisuke Goto FWD
26 Kento Shiogai FWD
6 Shuto Machino FWD

Sweden 3-4-3

Coach: Graham Potter

1 Jacob Widell Zetterström GK
2 Gustaf Lagerbielke DEF
4 Isak Hien DEF
5 Gabriel Gudmundsson MID
21 Alexander Bernhardsson MID
3 Victor Nilsson Lindelöf DEF
18 Yasin Ayari MID
24 Elliot Stroud MID
11 Anthony Elanga FWD
17 Viktor Gyökeres FWD
9 Alexander Isak FWD

Bench

7 Lucas Bergvall MID
8 Daniel Svensson MID
13 Ken Sema MID
15 Carl Starfelt DEF
10 Benjamin Nygren MID
23 Kristoffer Nordfeldt GK
12 Viktor Johansson GK
20 Eric Smith DEF
14 Hjalmar Ekdal DEF
22 Besfort Zeneli MID
6 Herman Johansson MID
16 Jesper Karlström MID
19 Mattias Svanberg MID
26 Taha Abdi Ali MID
25 Gustaf Nilsson FWD

Previous meetings

Saturday 25 May 2002: Japan 1-1 Sweden