- Brazil's form over their last 5 games is W4, D1, L0 in FIFA World Cup Group C 2026.
- Japan's form over their last 5 games is W3, D2, L0 in FIFA World Cup Group F 2026.
Brazil and Japan are perfectly placed for a cagey quarter final
There's a clash of styles in the air for Monday's FIFA World Cup 2026 Knockout Stage at the Houston Stadium, USA, and the Brazil vs Japan preview points to a tight contest.
Brazil arrive into this game after a solid 3-0 win at home to Haiti and an equally convincing 3-0 win away to Scotland, so the attack is scoring goals and the defence looks strong.
Carlo Ancelotti has been in charge of Brazil since 26 May 2025, but he's made his mark, with his team coming into this match-up with more structure, more tactical variety and much better counter-pressing.
The other side of the coin is Japan, a team that have been managed by Hajime Moriyasu since 26 July 2018 and a period in which Japan have been extremely rigid, highly disciplined and incredibly relentless in their pressing.
Japan won 4-0 away to Tunisia in their most recent game before drawing 1-1 at home to Sweden, so they have a punch and a touch of control in their approach to the game.
Japan are on a 10-game unbeaten streak in all competitions (W7, D3) and Brazil have 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats in all competitions in their last 10 matches, so there should be no fluke about the form book this time around, making the Brazil vs Japan prediction especially tricky.
We're going with Brazil to win this game, but we're not going to lay the odds because Japan are unbeaten and they're more than capable of making this a tactical affair.
Our Brazil vs Japan betting tips are to back Under 2.5 goals in this matchup, although this could easily go either way.
