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England men · International friendly

England
v Japan⁠

0–1

Full time

England v Japan finished 0–1.

England
None
Japan
Mitoma 23'
Date
Tuesday 31 March 2026 · England in 2026
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Wembley Stadium, London
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 29 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

Japan Formation 3-4-2-1

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Zion Suzuki GK
  • No. 21, Hiroki Ito CB Off in the 66'
  • No. 3, Shogo Taniguchi CB
  • No. 5, Tsuyoshi Watanabe CB Yellow card 90+2'
  • No. 10, Ritsu Doan RM Off in the 71'
  • No. 24, Kaishu Sano CM
  • No. 15, Daichi Kamada CM Off in the 80'
  • No. 13, Keito Nakamura LM Off in the 80'
  • No. 18, Ayase Ueda FW Off in the 66'
  • No. 14, Junya Ito FW Off in the 80'
  • No. 7, Kaoru Mitoma FW Off in the 71'

Substitutes

  • No. 4, Ayumu Seko On in the 66'
  • No. 19, Koki Ogawa Yellow card 90+3' On in the 66'
  • No. 17, Ao Tanaka On in the 71'
  • No. 25, Junnosuke Suzuki On in the 71'
  • No. 2, Yukinari Sugawara On in the 80'
  • No. 8, Yuito Suzuki On in the 80'
  • No. 9, Shuto Machino On in the 80'
  • No. 6, Joel Chima Fujita (not used)
  • No. 11, Daizen Maeda (not used)
  • No. 12, Keisuke Osako (not used)
  • No. 16, Daiki Hashioka (not used)
  • No. 20, Ryunosuke Sato (not used)
  • No. 22, Kento Shiogai (not used)
  • No. 23, Tomoki Hayakawa (not used)
  • No. 26, Keisuke Goto (not used)

Referee: Nick Walsh.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 3 meetings before this one

1995 – 2010

Official meetings since 1995

England v Japan stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings4In our results database
England wins2England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Japan wins1Japan victories

England have scored 5 goals to Japan's 4 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

1

Anderton

1 goals against Japan in matches we hold scorer data for.

Japan · Fixture leader

1

Mitoma

Japan's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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