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Netherlands v Japan : World Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 14th Jun, 21:00 BST, AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Ronald Koeman welcomes Hajime Moriyasu to the AT&T Stadium on Sunday night, as their Netherlands and Japan troops clash in the World Cup. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every statistics you could possibly need to make a sound selection is laid out below. Switch between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for it all.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Netherlands or Japan are in a rich vein of form that would leave us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 77% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Netherlands are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.00.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Netherlands
48%
1/1
3%
-
Draw
25%
13/5
3%
-
Japan
26%
13/5
9%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1
7%
-
Netherlands 1-0
11%
7/1-
Netherlands 2-1
9%
17/2-
Netherlands 2-0
9%
9/1-
Japan 1-0
8%
10/1-
Draw 0-0
7%
9/1
9%
-
Japan 2-1
7%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Netherlands 3-1
5%
16/1-
Netherlands 3-0
5%
18/1-
Japan 2-0
4%
20/1
11%
-
Netherlands 3-2
3%
28/1-
Japan 3-1
2%
33/1
17%
-
Netherlands 4-1
2%
40/1
21%
-
Japan 3-2
2%
40/1
21%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
10/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
10/11-
Home 1st Goal
52%
4/6
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
11/8
3%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
9/1
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
52%
4/5
3%
-
BTTS - No
48%
19/20
3%
-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
10/3
8%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
13%
6/1
8%
-
Home/draw
74%
2/7
1%
-
Away/draw
52%
4/5
4%
-
Home/away
75%
2/7
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/10
1%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
5/2
7%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
12/5
6%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1/3
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
11/2
8%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/9
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
12/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/25-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/16
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
9%
-
Home DNB
66%
4/9
4%
-
Away DNB
44%
13/8
5%
-
Netherlands win to nil
27%
5/2-
Japan win to nil
14%
11/2
8%
-
Netherlands / Netherlands
26%
11/5-
Netherlands / Japan
2%
33/1
17%
-
Netherlands / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Netherlands
17%
4/1-
Draw / Japan
10%
7/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Japan / Netherlands
4%
22/1-
Japan / Japan
14%
5/1-
Japan / Draw
6%
14/1-
Group F table
Group FPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstGDPoints
1Sweden00000000
2Netherlands00000000
3Japan00000000
4Tunisia00000000
Win / draw / win form
12
Netherlands have not lost in 12 consecutive games
Netherlands
20 games
Goals: Scored
52
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
Japan
20 games
Goals: Scored
50
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
Goal Statistics

Netherlands have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 12 consecutive World Cup outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Japan on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Netherlands Japan
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Netherlands will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Japan will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away games
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
Netherlands
PG (predicted goals)
Japan
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
17%
better
NED
view stats
Games scored19
15
Failed to score1
5
Scored first13
12
Goals scored52
50
Avg. goals scored2.6
2.5
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal4
4
Conversion rate for23
24
Avg. XG for2.1
0
KickOff rating
+17%
Defence rating
NED
32%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
8
Clean sheets7
12
Conceded first7
5
Goals conceded21
12
Avg. goals conceded1.1
0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded7
5
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
13%
Avg. XG against1
0
KickOff rating
+32%

The line-ups for the World Cup match between Netherlands v Japan will show here when available.

Netherlands World Cup squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Roefs GLK
-
M Flekken GLK
-
B Verbruggen GLK
-
L Geertruida DEF
-
M Wieffer DEF
-
J Hecke DEF
-
M Ven DEF
-
V Dijk  DEF
-
D Dumfries DEF
-
J Hato DEF
-
N Aké  DEF
-
T Reijnders MID
-
T Koopmeiners MID
-
R Gravenberch MID
-
Q Timber MID
-
G Til MID
-
J Kluivert MID
-
F Jong MID
-
M Roon MID
-
M Depay FWD
-
C Summerville FWD
-
W Weghorst FWD
-
C Gakpo FWD
-
D Malen FWD
-
N Lang FWD
-
B Brobbey FWD
-
Japan World Cup squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Hayakawa GLK
-
K Osako GLK
-
Z Suzuki GLK
-
T Tomiyasu DEF
-
A Seko DEF
-
H Ito DEF
-
S Taniguchi DEF
-
Y Sugawara DEF
-
Y Nagatomo DEF
-
J Suzuki DEF
-
T Watanabe DEF
-
K Itakura DEF
-
K Sano MID
-
A Tanaka MID
-
D Kamada MID
-
W Endo MID
-
K. Shiogai FWD
-
R Doan FWD
-
D Maeda FWD
-
T Kubo FWD
-
A Ueda FWD
-
Y Suzuki FWD
-
K Goto FWD
-
J Ito FWD
-
K Nakamura FWD
-
K Ogawa FWD
-
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