Netherlands vs Japan: result, lineups & analysis — FIFA World Cup


Sunday, 14 June 2026 at 20:00 UTC
🏟 AT&T Stadium · Arlington
🏁 Post-match review
Netherlands and Japan drew 2-2 in the FIFA World Cup. Neither side secured victory in an evenly finished match.
Expectation:The result cannot be compared with a pre-match lean or market favourite, as none was provided. It was therefore neither a confirmed expected result nor a defined upset.
The draw leaves both teams with a share of the points. The result reflects a competitive contest without establishing a winner.
Based on the final score and pre-match analysis (no in-match events).
📐 Statistical score reference
Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.
🔬 Advanced data (averages)
Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football
📈 Recent form
- 2026-06-30 · (H) 1–1 vs Morocco
- 2026-06-25 · (A) 3–1 vs Tunisia
- 2026-06-20 · (H) 5–1 vs Sweden
- 2026-06-14 · (H) 2–2 vs Japan
- 2026-06-29 · (A) 1–2 vs Brazil
- 2026-06-25 · (H) 1–1 vs Sweden
- 2026-06-21 · (A) 4–0 vs Tunisia
- 2026-06-14 · (A) 2–2 vs Netherlands
🆚 Head-to-head
- 2026-06-14 · Netherlands 2–2 Japan
🧑⚖️ Referee
Ismail Elfath, USA
Referee averages in this competition · 4 games · PK Sport
✅ Confirmed lineups · Netherlands [4-3-3]
API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC
- 1B. Verbruggen
- 22D. Dumfries
- 6J. P. van Hecke
- 4V. van Dijk
- 15M. van de Ven
- 8R. Gravenberch
- 21F. de Jong
- 14T. Reijnders
- 24C. Summerville
- 18D. Malen
- 11C. Gakpo
✅ Confirmed lineups · Japan [3-4-2-1]
API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC
- 1Z. Suzuki
- 16T. Watanabe
- 3S. Taniguchi
- 21H. Ito
- 10R. Doan
- 24K. Sano
- 15D. Kamada
- 13K. Nakamura
- 8T. Kubo
- 11D. Maeda
- 18A. Ueda
Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.
Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net