Friendlies

Friendly International• 31 Mar 2026

England 0–1 Japan

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Goals

23'

K. Mitoma

Assist: K. Nakamura

Match Recap

Japan beat England 1–0 in the Friendlies (Friendly International) on 31 March 2026. England saw more of the ball with 70% possession, and England had 19 shots (4 on target) to Japan's 7 (2 on target). The goal came from K. Mitoma 23'. Relive the England vs Japan Friendlies highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

England

Japan

70% Ball Possession 30%

— Expected goals (xG) —

19 Total Shots 7

4 Shots on target 2

5 Shots off target 3

10 Blocked Shots 2

15 Shots inside box 5

4 Shots outside box 2

11 Corner Kicks 1

— Offsides —

7 Fouls 13

0 Yellow Cards 2

— Red Cards —

1 Goalkeeper Saves 3

711 Total passes 317

641 Accurate passes 256

90% Pass accuracy 81%

— Goals prevented —

Lineups

England

Thomas Tuchel

Japan

Hajime Moriyasu

1Pickford

12White 2Konsa 5Guehi 3O'Reilly

4Anderson 8Mainoo 15Rogers 7Palmer 14Gordon

9Foden

14Ito 7Mitoma 18Ueda

10Doan 24Sano 15Kamada 13Nakamura

5Watanabe 3Taniguchi

21Ito

1Suzuki

Substitutes — England

13D. Henderson 23J. Steele 22J. Trafford 17D. Burn 26L. Hall 25V. Livramento 6H. Maguire 24D. Spence 19H. Barnes 10J. Bellingham 21J. Garner 20J. Bowen 11M. Rashford 18D. Solanke

Substitutes — Japan

23T. Hayakawa 12K. Osako 16D. Hashioka 4A. Seko 2Y. Sugawara 25J. Suzuki 6J. Fujita 8Y. Suzuki 17A. Tanaka 9S. Machino 11D. Maeda 19K. Ogawa 20R. Sato 26K. Goto 22K. Shiogai