Brazil beat Japan 4-1 at the 2006 World Cup — it remains Japan's heaviest World Cup defeat; Brazil went on to reach the quarterfinal; Japan were eliminated at the group stage.
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Brazil and Japan meet at the World Cup exactly 20 years after their 2006 meeting, which ended in a 4-1 win for Brazil.
Japan can equal their national World Cup record of 3 consecutive World Cup matches unbeaten by avoiding defeat (currently on 2).
Japan can set a new national World Cup record of 4 consecutive World Cup matches unbeaten by avoiding defeat (currently on 3).
Japan can equal their national World Cup group-stage record of 3 consecutive matches unbeaten by avoiding defeat (currently on 2).
Match Events
0–1
29'Kaishū Sano
56'Casemiro
1–1
90+5'Gabriel Martinelli
2–1
Lineups
Brazil
Japan
- 1Alisson
- 3Gabriel Magalhães
- 4Marquinhos
- 13Danilo
- 16Douglas Santos
- 5Casemiro↓90'
- 8Bruno Guimarães↓90'
- 20Lucas Paquetá↓46'
- 7Vinícius Júnior
- 9Matheus Cunha↓66'
- 26Rayan
- 1Zion Suzuki
- 3Shōgo Taniguchi
- 21Hiroki Itō
- 22Takehiro Tomiyasu
- 10Ritsu Dōan↓66'
- 11Daizen Maeda↓90'
- 13Keito Nakamura↓66'
- 14Junya Itō↓78'
- 15Daichi Kamada↓78'
- 24Kaishū Sano
- 18Ayase Ueda
Substitutes
- 17Fabinho↑90'
- 18Danilo Santos↑90'
- 19Endrick↑46'
- 22Gabriel Martinelli↑66'
- 2Yukinari Sugawara↑66'
- 25Junnosuke Suzuki↑66'
- 7Ao Tanaka↑78'
- 6Shūto Machino↑78'
- 19Kōki Ogawa↑90'