Box Occupation
England
England kept getting bodies into the area — 79% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 15 of 19
- Share
- 79%
Friendlies · Friendly InternationalEngland
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Japan
K. Mitoma 23'
Friendlies
Friendly InternationalEngland0–1Japan
15
Shots in the box
5
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
23′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
England 0-1 Japan
Japan edged out England 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in Friendlies. Mitoma opened the scoring for Japan on 23'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: England took 15 of their 19 attempts inside the box, Japan 5 of 7. England held 70.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. England graded out for box occupation — 15 of 19 shots in the box. England graded out for set-piece siege — 11 corners.
Kaoru Mitoma came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for Japan from 1 goal, 1 shot and 4 tackles.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
70%Possession30%
19Shots7
What the numbers say
2 readsSet-Piece Siege
England
England turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 11 corners.
- Corners
- 11
- Opponent
- 1
Timeline
⚽23'
K. Mitoma — assist: K. Nakamura
Half-time
L. Hall ↑ N. O'Reilly ↓
🔄59'
V. Livramento ↑ B. White ↓
🔄59'
J. Bowen ↑ C. Palmer ↓
🔄59'
D. Solanke ↑ P. Foden ↓
🔄59'
🔄66'
A. Seko ↑ J. Ito ↓
🔄66'
K. Ogawa ↑ A. Ueda ↓
J. Garner ↑ K. Mainoo ↓
🔄71'
M. Rashford ↑ A. Gordon ↓
🔄71'
🔄71'
J. Suzuki ↑ K. Mitoma ↓
🔄71'
A. Tanaka ↑ R. Doan ↓
🔄80'
Y. Sugawara ↑ D. Kamada ↓
🔄80'
Y. Suzuki ↑ H. Ito ↓
🔄80'
S. Machino ↑ K. Nakamura ↓
D. Burn ↑ M. Guehi ↓
🔄83'
H. Maguire ↑ E. Konsa ↓
🔄83'
🟨90+2'
T. Watanabe
Delay of game
🟨90+3'
K. Ogawa
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeN. Walsh
CompetitionFriendlies
Season2026
RoundFriendly International
StatusMatch Finished