Japan v Sweden: World Cup Group F Live
Live coverage of Japan against Sweden from Dallas Stadium, with minute-by-minute updates from the official FIFA match feed.
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Full time: Japan 1-1 Sweden
Full time at Dallas Stadium. Japan 1, Sweden 1. Thanks for following our live coverage.
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Substitution, Sweden (87')
Benjamin Nygren replaces Gabriel Gudmundsson for Sweden.
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Substitution, Sweden (87')
Carl Starfelt replaces Victor Lindelof for Sweden.
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Yellow card: Viktor Gyokeres (84')
Viktor Gyokeres is shown a yellow card for Sweden in the 84' minute.
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Yellow card: Shogo Taniguchi (77')
Shogo Taniguchi is shown a yellow card for Japan in the 77' minute.
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Substitution, Sweden (75')
Ken Sema replaces Elliot Stroud for Sweden.
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Substitution, Sweden (75')
Daniel Svensson replaces Alexander Bernhardsson for Sweden.
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Substitution, Japan (75')
Tsuyoshi Watanabe replaces Ayumu Seko for Japan.
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Substitution, Japan (75')
Yuto Nagatomo replaces Keito Nakamura for Japan.
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Substitution, Japan (66')
Junya Ito replaces Ritsu Doan for Japan.
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Substitution, Japan (66')
Koki Ogawa replaces Ayase Ueda for Japan.
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GOAL! Japan 1-1 Sweden (62')
Anthony Elanga scores for Sweden in the 62' minute. Japan 1, Sweden 1.
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GOAL! Japan 1-0 Sweden (56')
Daizen Maeda scores for Japan in the 56' minute. Japan 1, Sweden 0.
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Second half under way
We are back for the second half.
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Half time: Japan 0-0 Sweden
It is the break at Dallas Stadium.
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Substitution, Japan (39')
Shogo Taniguchi replaces Kou Itakura for Japan.
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Substitution, Sweden (37')
Lucas Bergvall replaces Isak Hien for Sweden.
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Yellow card: Isak Hien (32')
Isak Hien is shown a yellow card for Sweden in the 32' minute.
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Kickoff at Dallas Stadium
We are under way. Japan get the 2026 World Cup Group F clash with Sweden started.
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Teams confirmed
The starting elevens are in for Japan and Sweden. We are set at Dallas Stadium.
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Japan v Sweden: matchday build-up
Welcome to our live coverage of Japan against Sweden at Dallas Stadium, the final Group F fixture at the 2026 World Cup. Both sides need a result to advance and have everything to play for on this decisive matchday. Team news, kickoff and minute-by-minute updates to follow, sourced from the official FIFA match feed.
Match events
- 32' 🟨 Isak Hien
- 37' ↔️ Lucas Bergvall→ Isak Hien
- 39' ↔️ Shogo Taniguchi→ Kou Itakura
- 56' ⚽ Daizen Maeda
- 62' ⚽ Anthony Elanga
- 66' ↔️ Koki Ogawa→ Ayase Ueda
- 66' ↔️ Junya Ito→ Ritsu Doan
- 75' ↔️ Yuto Nagatomo→ Keito Nakamura
- 75' ↔️ Tsuyoshi Watanabe→ Ayumu Seko
- 75' ↔️ Daniel Svensson→ Alexander Bernhardsson
- 75' ↔️ Ken Sema→ Elliot Stroud
- 77' 🟨 Shogo Taniguchi
- 84' 🟨 Viktor Gyokeres
- 87' ↔️ Carl Starfelt→ Victor Lindelof
- 87' ↔️ Benjamin Nygren→ Gabriel Gudmundsson
Attendance · 70137
Lineup
Japan
3-4-3- 1 Zion Suzuki
- 2 Yukinari Sugawara
- 4 Kou Itakura (C)
- 20 Ayumu Seko
- 21 Hiroki Ito
- 7 Ao Tanaka
- 10 Ritsu Doan
- 11 Daizen Maeda
- 13 Keito Nakamura
- 15 Daichi Kamada
- 18 Ayase Ueda
- 12 Keisuke Osako
- 23 Tomoki Hayakawa
- 3 Shogo Taniguchi
- 5 Yuto Nagatomo
- 16 Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- 22 Takehiro Tomiyasu
- 25 Junnosuke Suzuki
- 14 Junya Ito
- 17 Yuito Suzuki
- 24 Kaishu Sano
- 6 Shuto Machino
- 9 Keisuke Goto
- 19 Koki Ogawa
- 26 Kento Shiogai
Manager · Hajime Moriyasu
Sweden
3-4-3- 1 Jacob Widell Zetterstrom
- 2 Gustaf Lagerbielke
- 3 Victor Lindelof (C)
- 4 Isak Hien
- 5 Gabriel Gudmundsson
- 21 Alexander Bernhardsson
- 24 Elliot Stroud
- 18 Yasin Ayari
- 9 Alexander Isak
- 11 Anthony Elanga
- 17 Viktor Gyokeres
- 12 Viktor Johansson
- 23 Kristoffer Nordfeldt
- 6 Herman Johansson
- 8 Daniel Svensson
- 14 Hjalmar Ekdal
- 15 Carl Starfelt
- 20 Eric Smith
- 7 Lucas Bergvall
- 10 Benjamin Nygren
- 13 Ken Sema
- 16 Jesper Karlstrom
- 19 Mattias Svanberg
- 22 Besfort Zeneli
- 25 Gustaf Nilsson
- 26 Taha Ali
Manager · Graham Potter