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Predictions and Tips
This looming WC meeting sees Brazil testing themselves against Japan on Monday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Brazil v Japan match are shown here - along with the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Brazil
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Brazil, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-3 WC success over Scotland.
In that match, Brazil had 53% possession and 20 shots on goal with 9 on target. For Brazil, the goalscorers were Júnior (7', 45') and Cunha (60'). Scotland got 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target.
Three or more goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Brazil have been involved. Their opponents scored 5 of them in these games whereas Brazil managed a tally of 18. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Japan
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Last time out, Japan drew 1-1 in the WC match with Sweden.
The only scorer from Japan was Daizen Maeda (56'). Anthony Elanga (62') scored for Sweden.
A series of very capable displays by the Japan defensive players has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their past 6 clashes combined. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 10.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Inspecting their prior head to head clashes going back to 16/10/2012 shows that Brazil have won 5 of them and Japan 1, with the tally of drawn results being 0.
A combined total of 21 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 17 of them for A Seleção and 4 being from Samurai Blue. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
🗞️ Team News: Brazil
In all likelihood, A Seleção look set to go for a 4-3-3 system this time, handing starts to Alisson Becker, Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel, Douglas Santos, Bruno Guimaraes, Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta, Rayan, Matheus Cunha and Vinicius Junior.
📰 Team News: Japan
There’s a good chance that Samurai Blue could decide to utilise a 3-4-2-1 formation, choosing Zion Suzuki, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Shogo Taniguchi, Hiroki Ito, Ritsu Doan, Kaishu Sano, Daichi Kamada, Keito Nakamura, Junya Ito, Daizen Maeda and Ayase Ueda.
✨ Prediction
Our feeling is that Japan will manage to find the net against this Brazil outfit, although that may not be enough to avoid a loss.
We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Brazil at the end of the match. Definitely a tough call.
Lucas Pereira, 16:00 29/06/2026
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
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⚽️ Team Focus:
Brazil
Formed: 1914
Stadium: Estádio do Maracanã (73,139)
Captain: Carlos Casemiro
Chairman: Samir Xaud
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
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