England vs Japan: Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

2026-03-29Last Updated: 2026-03-29

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Japan, meanwhile, left it late to beat Scotland at the weekend and have now won their last four international matches in a row.

Date, kick-off time and venue

England vs Japan is scheduled for a 7.45pm BST kick-off on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

The match will take place at Wembley Stadium.

Where to watch England vs Japan

TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live and free to air on ITV1, with coverage beginning at 7pm BST.

Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog, with expert analysis from Dom Smith at the ground.

England vs Japan team news

Adam Wharton, Aaron Ramsdale, Fikayo Tomori and Dominic Calvert-Lewin have also dropped out, thus leaving Tuchel with a revised 27-man squad to choose from against Japan.

Jordan Pickford could return in goal. In front of him could be a defence that includes Dan Burn, Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa, though Tino Livramento is an option at right-back.

Captain Harry Kane and Elliot Anderson are among the players who have joined up with the squad and will play after missing Friday’s 1-1 draw with Uruguay, when an experimental side struggled at Wembley.

As for Japan, the key absentee is Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo who is in a race against the clock to be fit for the World Cup after undergoing surgery following the 1-0 win over Sunderland last month.

Manager Hajime Moriyasu could opt to make changes to the side that started the win over Scotland which could mean a start for Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma.

Harry Kane is set to captain England against Japan

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England vs Japan prediction

It is fourth in the world against the team ranked 18th. This suggests a fairly close game is on the cards and even more so following the flurry of withdrawals that has hit the England squad.

With that said, a Three Lions that will be boosted by the returns of Kane, Anderson and Guehi, coming up against a Japan side that poses a genuine threat in attack spells one thing; goals.

Head to head (h2h) history and results

This will be the first meeting of the two nations since May 2010 when two own goals from Marcus Tulio Tanaka and Yuji Nakazawa helped England come from behind to beat Japan in a friendly in Austria.