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World Cup 2026 · Group --

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Nation form coming into the tournament

Team form · Internationals · 23 games (shot & card detail from 21) · player leaders from national-team comps
Team Form Per game · ranked across WC nations
Over 2.5
48% 27/48
Both teams score
30% 43/48
Goals / game
2.83 23/48
Goals for
2.22 13/48
Shots
11.6 29/48
Shots on target
4.5 25/48
Goals against
0.61 9/48
Clean sheets
14 8/48
Cards against
1.1 46/48
Fouls won
8.8 44/48
Fouls made
13.0 41/48
Cards for
1.0 3/48
Squad Form Leaders
Goals
1 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 0.38 2 Daichi Kamada CRY · 19 apps 0.37 3 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 0.27 4 Keito Nakamura SdR · 18 apps 0.17 5 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 13 apps 0.15
Assists
1 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 13 apps 0.54 2 Junya Ito GNK · 17 apps 0.35 3 Kaishu Sano M05 · 12 apps 0.25 4 Keito Nakamura SdR · 18 apps 0.22 5 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 0.13
Shots
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 1.47 2 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 1.46 3 Keito Nakamura SdR · 18 apps 1.22 4 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 13 apps 1.15 5 Ritsu Doan SGE · 17 apps 0.88
Shots on Target
1 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 0.85 2 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 0.60 3 Daichi Kamada CRY · 19 apps 0.47 4 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 13 apps 0.46 5 Junya Ito GNK · 17 apps 0.35
Fouls Won
1 Wataru Endo LIV · 9 apps 1.89 2 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 1.60 3 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 13 apps 1.38 4 Ritsu Doan SGE · 17 apps 1.00 5 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 8 apps 0.88
Cards
1 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 8 apps 0.25 2 Tsuyoshi Watanabe FEY · 10 apps 0.20 3 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 0.15 4 Ritsu Doan SGE · 17 apps 0.12 5 Shogo Taniguchi SIT · 11 apps 0.09
Goals
1 Daichi Kamada CRY · 19 apps 7 2 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 5 3 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 4 4 Keito Nakamura SdR · 18 apps 3 5 Junya Ito GNK · 17 apps 2
Assists
1 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 13 apps 7 2 Junya Ito GNK · 17 apps 6 3 Keito Nakamura SdR · 18 apps 4 4 Kaishu Sano M05 · 12 apps 3 5 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 2
Shots
1 Keito Nakamura SdR · 18 apps 22 2 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 22 3 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 19 4 Daichi Kamada CRY · 19 apps 16 5 Ritsu Doan SGE · 17 apps 15
Shots on Target
1 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 11 2 Daichi Kamada CRY · 19 apps 9 3 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 9 4 Junya Ito GNK · 17 apps 6 5 Ritsu Doan SGE · 17 apps 6
Fouls Won
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 15 apps 24 2 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 13 apps 18 3 Wataru Endo LIV · 9 apps 17 4 Ritsu Doan SGE · 17 apps 17 5 Daichi Kamada CRY · 19 apps 10
Cards
1 Ritsu Doan SGE · 17 apps 2 2 Koki Ogawa NEC · 13 apps 2 3 Tsuyoshi Watanabe FEY · 10 apps 2 4 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 8 apps 2 5 Shogo Taniguchi SIT · 11 apps 1
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Club Form

Squad club form this season

Player leaders rolled up across domestic & continental club competitions · min 300 mins
Squad Club-Form Leaders
Goals
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 39 apps 0.59 2 Keito Nakamura SdR · 32 apps 0.44 3 Kento Shiogai NEC · 26 apps 0.38 4 Koki Ogawa NEC · 29 apps 0.31 5 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 0.30
Assists
1 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 0.19 2 Keisuke Goto SIT · 38 apps 0.18 3 Yukinari Sugawara SVW · 34 apps 0.18 4 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 27 apps 0.15 5 Yuito Suzuki SCF · 41 apps 0.15
Shots
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 39 apps 3.05 2 Keito Nakamura SdR · 32 apps 2.72 3 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 1.64 4 Keisuke Goto SIT · 38 apps 1.63 5 Yuito Suzuki SCF · 41 apps 1.59
Shots on Target
1 Keito Nakamura SdR · 32 apps 1.28 2 Ayase Ueda FEY · 39 apps 1.26 3 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 0.77 4 Kento Shiogai NEC · 26 apps 0.69 5 Keisuke Goto SIT · 38 apps 0.68
Key Passes
1 Junya Ito GNK · 36 apps 1.94 2 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 27 apps 1.44 3 Keito Nakamura SdR · 32 apps 1.25 4 Yuito Suzuki SCF · 41 apps 1.22 5 Ritsu Doan SGE · 40 apps 1.18
Tackles
1 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 29 apps 2.03 2 Daichi Kamada CRY · 46 apps 1.98 3 Wataru Endo LIV · 12 apps 1.58 4 Kaishu Sano M05 · 48 apps 1.48 5 Junya Ito GNK · 36 apps 1.44
Goals
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 39 apps 23 2 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 14 3 Keito Nakamura SdR · 32 apps 14 4 Keisuke Goto SIT · 38 apps 11 5 Kento Shiogai NEC · 26 apps 10
Assists
1 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 9 2 Keisuke Goto SIT · 38 apps 7 3 Yukinari Sugawara SVW · 34 apps 6 4 Yuito Suzuki SCF · 41 apps 6 5 Junya Ito GNK · 36 apps 5
Shots
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 39 apps 119 2 Keito Nakamura SdR · 32 apps 87 3 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 77 4 Yuito Suzuki SCF · 41 apps 65 5 Keisuke Goto SIT · 38 apps 62
Shots on Target
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 39 apps 49 2 Keito Nakamura SdR · 32 apps 41 3 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 36 4 Keisuke Goto SIT · 38 apps 26 5 Yuito Suzuki SCF · 41 apps 25
Key Passes
1 Junya Ito GNK · 36 apps 70 2 Yuito Suzuki SCF · 41 apps 50 3 Ritsu Doan SGE · 40 apps 47 4 Daichi Kamada CRY · 46 apps 45 5 Daizen Maeda CEL · 47 apps 40
Tackles
1 Daichi Kamada CRY · 46 apps 91 2 Kaishu Sano M05 · 48 apps 71 3 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 29 apps 59 4 Ritsu Doan SGE · 40 apps 56 5 Junya Ito GNK · 36 apps 52
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