USA vs Japan
Full time
Final score: 2 - 0
The match is over. See below for how the pre-match picks settled and a summary of both teams' recent form.
Pick settlement
Did the pre-match picks land?
Primary pick
Under 3.5 goals
Won
The result market is too flat to trust on its own, so the totals line is the cleaner angle before kick-off.
Value option
Both teams to score - Yes
No automatic settlement
This gives the card a different scoring hook when the result market is not the only route in.
Referee and venue
Useful context, just not the first thing people came for.
Form and context
Where both teams stand heading into this one.
USA
No current position
W L L W W
- USA 3 - 2 Senegal 31/05/2026, 7:30 pm
- USA 0 - 2 Portugal 31/03/2026, 11:00 pm
- USA 2 - 5 Belgium 28/03/2026, 7:30 pm
- USA 5 - 1 Uruguay 19/11/2025, 12:00 am
- USA 2 - 1 Paraguay 15/11/2025, 10:00 pm
Japan
No current position
W W W W W
- Japan 1 - 0 Iceland 31/05/2026, 10:25 am
- England 0 - 1 Japan 31/03/2026, 6:45 pm
- Scotland 0 - 1 Japan 28/03/2026, 5:00 pm
- Japan 3 - 0 Bolivia 18/11/2025, 10:15 am
- Japan 2 - 0 Ghana 14/11/2025, 10:20 am
Head to head
Recent meetings between the sides
- USA 2 - 0 Japan 09/09/2025, 11:30 pm
- Japan 2 - 0 USA 23/09/2022, 12:25 pm
Predicted lineups
Expected starting XI going into the match.
USA
3-4-3
- 1. Matthew Freese G
- 15. Tristan Blackmon D
- 3. Chris Richards D
- 13. Tim Ream D
- 16. Alexander Freeman M
- 4. Tyler Adams M
- 24. Cristian Roldán M
- 18. Maximilian Arfsten M
- 17. Alejandro Zendejas F
- 20. Folarin Balogun F
- 10. Christian Pulišić F
Japan
3-4-2-1
- 12. Keisuke Osako G
- 16. Hiroki Sekine D
- 25. Hayato Araki D
- 5. Yuto Nagatomo D
- 26. Henry Heroki Mochizuki M
- 21. Kaishu Sano M
- 17. Joel Chima Fujita M
- 11. Daizen Maeda M
- 14. Junya Ito F
- 13. Yuito Suzuki F
- 19. Koki Ogawa F
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