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Tunisia vs Japan Head-to-Head — FIFA World Cup 2026

⚽ Group Stage, Match 2
Tunisia Tunisia
FT0–4
Japan Japan
Sunday 21 June 2026  ·  04:00 UTC  ·  Estadio BBVA, Monterrey

Match Report

Match Events ?
4'⚽D. Kamada (K. Nakamura)Japan
31'⚽A. Ueda (K. Itakura)Japan
69'⚽J. Ito (A. Ueda)Japan
83'⚽A. Ueda (K. Sano)Japan
Match Statistics ?
Tunisia
Japan
38%
Possession
62%
0
Shots on Target
5
2
Total Shots
11
3
Corners
5
8
Fouls
15
0.05
xG
2.07
Player Ratings ?
Tunisia
6.9Hannibal MejbriF
6.7Firas ChaouatF
6.6Anis Ben SlimaneM
Japan
9.7Ayase UedaF
7.9Ko ItakuraD
7.7Keito NakamuraM
Starting Lineups ?
Tunisia · 3-4-2-1
16GAymen Dahmen
6DDylan Bronn
3DMontassar Talbi
4DOmar Rekik
20MYan Valery
25MAnis Ben Slimane
17MEllyes Skhiri
2MAli Abdi
8FElias Saad
10FHannibal Mejbri
26FSebastian Tounekti
Japan · 3-4-2-1
1GZion Suzuki
22DTakehiro Tomiyasu
4DKo Itakura
21DHiroki Itō
10MRitsu Doan
24MKaishu Sano
7MAo Tanaka
13MKeito Nakamura
14FJunya Ito
15FDaichi Kamada
18FAyase Ueda

Predictions

Match Prediction ?
Favoured: Japan
Expected: Japan by 1–2 goals
Confidence: Medium
Tunisia 19%Draw 25%Japan 57%
xG: 0.82Expected goalsxG: 1.63

Tunisia vs Japan looks like a Japan-favoured matchup based on our pre-tournament model. Japan holds a slight edge according to our model, though the gap between the sides is not large enough to treat this as a banker. This prediction should be used as general match context rather than a guaranteed outcome.

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Win Probability (Market) ?
No odds data available
Model Rating Edge ?
Slight Edge
Japan stronger
Tunisia: 1453 (#31)  ·  Japan: 1586 (#14)
H2H Record ?
1–0–4
Japan leads
Avg 1.8 goals/game · 5 meetings
Tunisia
Japan
#4
Position ?
#2
0
Points ?
5
0W 0D 3L
Record ?
1W 2D 0L
2
Goals For ?
7
12
Goals Against ?
3
-10
Goal Diff
+4
#44
FIFA Rank ?
#18
0.1%
Win Prob ?
0.9%
L L L
Form ?
L D W D

Head-to-Head History

Previous World Cup Meetings
0Tunisia
0Draw
1Japan
14 Jun 2002FIFA World CupJapan2–0Tunisia
Last 5 Meetings (All Competitions)
1Tunisia
0Draw
4Japan
14 Jun 2022Kirin CupJapan0–3Tunisia
27 Mar 2015Kirin Challenge CupJapan2–0Tunisia
8 Oct 2003FriendlyTunisia0–1Japan
14 Jun 2002World CupJapan2–0Tunisia
13 Oct 1996FriendlyJapan1–0Tunisia
💡 Betting Angles
Key Angles for this Match
⚽High-scoring tournament form — Tunisia averaging 4.7 goals/game, Japan averaging 3.3. Combined 4.0 goals/game points to Over 2.5.
⚔Both teams scoring regularly — Tunisia and Japan both conceding in tournament matches. BTTS looks likely.
🛡Tight H2H history — last 5 meetings averaged just 1.8 goals.

Injuries & Absences

Tunisia — Injuries
A. Arous
A. Arous
Injury
M. Neffati
M. Neffati
Injury
Japan — Injuries
S. Machino
S. Machino
Injury
T. Kubo
T. Kubo
Injury
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