Netherlands vs Japan · World Cup
Netherlands
0-1-0
2 – 2
FT
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Japan
0-1-0
AT&T Stadium · Arlington, Texas · USA
The points were split as Netherlands and Japan drew 2-2 at AT&T Stadium (crowd 69,285). Netherlands went ahead through Virgil van Dijk at the 51-minute mark and the equaliser came from Keito Nakamura after 57 minutes; it was 2-1 after Crysencio Summerville scored at the 64-minute mark and Japan were back level through Daichi Kamada late on, at 89 minutes. The ball split 60% to 40% and the shots 10 to 10. 6 of the 10 shots by Netherlands were on target. The referee: Ismail Elfath.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- World Cup
- Campaign
- 2026 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage
- Ground
- AT&T Stadium · Arlington, Texas · USA
- Crowd
- 69,285
- Referee
- Ismail Elfath (Referee)
- Netherlands form
- LDWDW
- Japan form
- WDLWW
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USFOXTV
- USTelemundoTV
- USPeacockStreaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Side by side
7Fouls7
3Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
1Offsides0
5Corner Kicks4
1Saves4
59.8%Possession40.2%
10Shots10
6On Goal3
60%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
463Accurate Passes286
524Passes341
90%Pass Completion %80%
8Accurate Crosses6
21Crosses23
40%Cross %30%
35Long Balls36
16Accurate Long Balls13
50%Long Balls %40%
1Blocked Shots1
5Effective Tackles10
11Tackles11
50%Tackle %90%
7Interceptions4
23Effective Clearances32
23Clearances32
Timeline
Full time · 2-2
🟨Micky van de Ven
90'+1'
89'2 - 2
⚽Daichi KamadaAssist: Koki Ogawa
🔁Brian Brobbeyreplacing Cody Gakpo
85'
84'
🔁Kento Shiogaireplacing Ayase Ueda
🟨Memphis Depay
83'
🔁Nathan Akéreplacing Ryan Gravenberch
81'
75'
🔁Koki Ogawareplacing Takefusa Kubo
75'
🔁Takehiro Tomiyasureplacing Tsuyoshi Watanabe
75'
🔁Yukinari Sugawarareplacing Ritsu Doan
🔁Quinten Timberreplacing Tijjani Reijnders
70'
🔁Teun Koopmeinersreplacing Crysencio Summerville
70'
🔁Memphis Depayreplacing Donyell Malen
70'
66'
🔁Junya Itoreplacing Daizen Maeda
⚽Crysencio SummervilleAssist: Ryan Gravenberch
64'2 - 1
🟨Crysencio Summerville
61'
57'1 - 1
⚽Keito NakamuraAssist: Takefusa Kubo
⚽Virgil van DijkAssist: Ryan Gravenberch
51'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Netherlands4-3-3
8↓Gravenberch
24⚽🟨↓Summerville
18↓Malen
14↓Reijnders
11↓Gakpo
21de Jong
15🟨van de Ven
4⚽van Dijk
22Dumfries
6van Hecke
1Verbruggen
Bench
- 12Mats Wieffer
- 2Lutsharel Geertruida
- 7Justin Kluivert
- 20Teun Koopmeinerson for Crysencio Summerville, 70'
- 16Guus Til
- 13Robin Roefs
- 26Quinten Timberon for Tijjani Reijnders, 70'
- 5Nathan Akéon for Ryan Gravenberch, 81'
- 9Wout Weghorst
- 23Mark Flekken
- 10Memphis Depayon for Donyell Malen, 70' 🟨
- 17Noa Lang
- 3Marten de Roon
- 25Jorrel Hato
- 19Brian Brobbeyon for Cody Gakpo, 85'
Japan3-4-2-1
18↓Ueda
11↓Maeda
8↓Kubo
13⚽Nakamura
15⚽Kamada
10↓Doan
24Sano
21Ito
3Taniguchi
16↓Watanabe
1Suzuki
Bench
- 14Junya Itoon for Daizen Maeda, 66'
- 19Koki Ogawaon for Takefusa Kubo, 75'
- 5Yuto Nagatomo
- 26Kento Shiogaion for Ayase Ueda, 84'
- 9Keisuke Goto
- 17Yuito Suzuki
- 20Ayumu Seko
- 23Tomoki Hayakawa
- 6Shuto Machino
- 4Kou Itakura
- 25Junnosuke Suzuki
- 12Keisuke Osako
- 7Ao Tanaka
- 2Yukinari Sugawaraon for Ritsu Doan, 75'
- 22Takehiro Tomiyasuon for Tsuyoshi Watanabe, 75'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 |
Meetings
3Netherlands wins
1Level
0Japan wins
Last times they met
FT
Japan
2–2
Netherlands · International Friendly
FT
Netherlands
1–0
Japan · 2010 FIFA World Cup
FT
Netherlands
3–0
Japan · International Friendly
FT
Netherlands
1–0
Japan · 2008 Olympic Men's Soccer
Form
Last games: Netherlands
W4-0W2-1D1-1L1-0W2-1
Last games: Japan
W2-0W3-0W1-0W1-0W1-0
