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World Cup 2026 · Group --

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Nation form coming into the tournament

Team form · Internationals · 20 games (shot & card detail from 17) · player leaders from national-team comps
Team Form Per game · ranked across WC nations
Over 2.5
45% 30/48
Both teams score
20% 46/48
Goals / game
2.85 26/48
Goals for
2.4 7/48
Shots
12.3 23/48
Shots on target
4.8 24/48
Goals against
0.45 4/48
Clean sheets
14 8/48
Cards against
0.9 47/48
Fouls won
9.1 44/48
Fouls made
12.8 37/48
Cards for
0.9 3/48
Squad Form Leaders
Goals
1 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 0.50 2 Daichi Kamada CRY · 15 apps 0.33 3 Ayase Ueda FEY · 11 apps 0.18 4 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 0.17 5 Keito Nakamura SdR · 14 apps 0.14
Assists
1 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 0.50 2 Junya Ito GNK · 13 apps 0.46 3 Kaishu Sano M05 · 9 apps 0.22 4 Keito Nakamura SdR · 14 apps 0.21 5 Hiroki Ito FCB · 5 apps 0.20
Shots
1 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 1.60 2 Keito Nakamura SdR · 14 apps 1.21 3 Ayase Ueda FEY · 11 apps 1.18 4 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 1.17 5 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 1.08
Shots on Target
1 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 1.10 2 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 0.50 3 Daichi Kamada CRY · 15 apps 0.47 4 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 0.46 5 Ayase Ueda FEY · 11 apps 0.45
Fouls Won
1 Wataru Endo LIV · 9 apps 1.89 2 Ayase Ueda FEY · 11 apps 1.82 3 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 1.42 4 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 6 apps 1.17 5 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 1.00
Cards
1 Tsuyoshi Watanabe FEY · 8 apps 0.25 2 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 0.20 3 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 6 apps 0.17 4 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 0.15 5 Ko Itakura AJA · 9 apps 0.11
Goals
1 Daichi Kamada CRY · 15 apps 5 2 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 5 3 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 2 4 Keito Nakamura SdR · 14 apps 2 5 Ayase Ueda FEY · 11 apps 2
Assists
1 Junya Ito GNK · 13 apps 6 2 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 6 3 Keito Nakamura SdR · 14 apps 3 4 Kaishu Sano M05 · 9 apps 2 5 Hiroki Ito FCB · 5 apps 1
Shots
1 Keito Nakamura SdR · 14 apps 17 2 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 16 3 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 14 4 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 14 5 Daichi Kamada CRY · 15 apps 13
Shots on Target
1 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 11 2 Daichi Kamada CRY · 15 apps 7 3 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 6 4 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 6 5 Junya Ito GNK · 13 apps 5
Fouls Won
1 Ayase Ueda FEY · 11 apps 20 2 Wataru Endo LIV · 9 apps 17 3 Takefusa Kubo RSO · 12 apps 17 4 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 13 5 Junnosuke Suzuki COP · 6 apps 7
Cards
1 Ritsu Doan SGE · 13 apps 2 2 Koki Ogawa NEC · 10 apps 2 3 Tsuyoshi Watanabe FEY · 8 apps 2 4 Ko Itakura AJA · 9 apps 1 5 Ao Tanaka LEE · 10 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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