Japan vs Venezuela Live Stream: Score, Lineups, H2H (28 Sep, 2026)

Japan vs Venezuela Live Score (28 Sep, 2026)

Final

Venezuela

Japan

Match Events & Live Commentary

90'+10'

End Regular Time

90'+8'

🟨Yellow Card

Ao Tanaka (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+7'

🟨Yellow Card

Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card.

90'+6'

⚽Penalty - Scored

Goal! Japan 2, Venezuela 1. Ayase Ueda (Japan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

90'+5'

🟨Yellow Card

José Contreras (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card.

90'+4'

End Delay

90'+4'

Start Delay

90'+9'

Second Half ends, Japan 2, Venezuela 1.

90'+8'

Foul by Ao Tanaka (Japan).

90'+8'

Gleiker Mendoza (Venezuela) wins a free kick on the left wing.

90'+4'

VAR Decision: Penalty Japan.

90'+1'

Penalty Japan. Takefusa Kubo draws a foul in the penalty area.

90'+1'

Penalty conceded by Yangel Herrera (Venezuela) after a foul in the penalty area.

90'

Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

90'

Attempt blocked. Jon Aramburu (Venezuela) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

90'

Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Junnosuke Suzuki.

86'

End Delay

86'

End Delay

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

86'

Start Delay

86'

Start Delay

Delay in match because of an injury Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Japan).

86'

Tsuyoshi Watanabe went off injured after Japan had used all subs.

85'

Offside, Venezuela. Yordan Osorio is caught offside.

84'

Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Junya Ito.

83'

End Delay

83'

End Delay

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

83'

Start Delay

Delay in match because of an injury Jesús Ramírez (Venezuela).

83'

Start Delay

Delay in match because of an injury Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Japan).

82'

Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Tsuyoshi Watanabe.

82'

Attempt saved. Jesús Ramírez (Venezuela) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Zion Suzuki (Japan). Assisted by Nahuel Ferraresi with a through ball.

81'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Kaina Tanimura replaces Satoshi Tanaka.

80'

Takefusa Kubo (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

80'

Foul by Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).

79'

Attempt blocked. Satoshi Tanaka (Japan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Junya Ito.

77'

Attempt missed. Jesús Ramírez (Venezuela) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.

77'

Attempt saved. Cristian Cásseres (Venezuela) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Zion Suzuki (Japan).

75'

Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Junya Ito.

75'

Corner, Venezuela. Conceded by Tsuyoshi Watanabe.

74'

Foul by Satoshi Tanaka (Japan).

74'

Cristian Cásseres (Venezuela) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

72'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Keito Nakamura replaces Yuki Soma.

72'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Hiroki Ito replaces Ayumu Seko.

72'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Ritsu Doan replaces Shuto Nakano.

72'

Satoshi Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

72'

Foul by Yangel Herrera (Venezuela).

71'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Venezuela. Wiki Carmona replaces Marco Libra.

71'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Venezuela. Gleiker Mendoza replaces Kevin Kelsy.

69'

End Delay

69'

End Delay

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

68'

Start Delay

68'

Start Delay

Delay in match because of an injury José Contreras (Venezuela).

65'

🟨Yellow Card

Jon Aramburu (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

60'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Venezuela. Cristian Cásseres replaces Dani Pereira.

59'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Venezuela. Jesús Ramírez replaces Bryan Castillo.

50'

End Delay

49'

Start Delay

49'

⚽Goal

Goal! Japan 1, Venezuela 1. Ayase Ueda (Japan) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Junya Ito with a cross.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.

46'

⚽Goal

Goal! Japan 0, Venezuela 1. Kevin Kelsy (Venezuela) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luís Balbo following a fast break.

45'

Start 2nd Half

Second Half begins Japan 0, Venezuela 0.

45'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Junya Ito replaces Shunsuke Saito.

45'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Takefusa Kubo replaces Ryunosuke Sato.

45'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Ayase Ueda replaces Keisuke Goto.

45'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Ao Tanaka replaces Daichi Kamada.

45'

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Zion Suzuki replaces Leo Kokubo.

45'+2'

Halftime

First Half ends, Japan 0, Venezuela 0.

33'

End Delay

33'

End Delay

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

33'

Start Delay

33'

Start Delay

Delay in match because of an injury José Contreras (Venezuela).

↔Substitution

Substitution, Japan. Satoshi Tanaka replaces Koki Kumasaka because of an injury.

End Delay

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Start Delay

Delay in match because of an injury Koki Kumasaka (Japan).

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Kickoff

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Match ends, Japan 2, Venezuela 1.

Team Stats

VEN

JPN

48% Possession 52%

5 Shots on Goal 4

9 Shots 12

15 Fouls Committed 14

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

7 Corners Won 1

2 Saves 3

Match Leaders

VEN

JPN

K. Kelsy F1 SOG, 1 G

Total Shots

Y. Soma F1 SOG, 0 G

C. Makoun D66 PASS, 0 BCC

Accurate Passes

20A. Seko D68 PASS, 0 BCC

4J. Aramburu D0 TKLW, 3 DUELW

Defensive Interventions

16T. Watanabe D1 TKLW, 2 DUELW

1J. Contreras G4 SOGA, 2 GA

Saves

1Z. Suzuki G3 SOGA, 1 GA

Player Match Stats

Formation 3-4-1-2

Player	APP	G	A	SH	SOG	FC	FS	YC	SV	GA
1 J. Contreras G • Starter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
2 N. Ferraresi CD • Starter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	2
14 C. Makoun CD-L • Starter	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	–	2
24 Y. Osorio CD-R • Starter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	2
6 Y. Herrera CM-L • Starter	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	–	2
18 M. Libra CM-R • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	–	1
10 D. Pereira AM • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1
13 L. Balbo LM • Starter	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	2
4 J. Aramburu RM • Starter	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	–	2
20 B. Castillo CF-L • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	–	1
19 K. Kelsy CF-R • Starter • Subbed off	1	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	–	1
16 W. Carmona SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	1
9 J. Ramírez SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	–	1
8 C. Cásseres Jr. SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	1
7 G. Mendoza SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	1

Formation 3-4-2-1

Player	APP	G	A	SH	SOG	FC	FS	YC	SV	GA
12 L. Kokubo G • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 A. Seko CD • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1
25 J. Suzuki CD-L • Starter	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	1
5 T. Watanabe CD-R • Starter	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	1
15 D. Kamada CM-L • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	0
30 K. Kumasaka CM-R • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0
7 Y. Soma LM • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	–	1
2 S. Nakano RM • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	–	1
9 K. Goto F • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	–	0
29 S. Saito CF-L • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	–	1
27 R. Sato CF-R • Starter • Subbed off	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
6 S. Tanaka SUB • Subbed on • Subbed off	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	–	1
13 K. Nakamura SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
20 T. Kubo SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	1
21 H. Ito SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
31 K. Tanimura SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
14 J. Ito SUB • Subbed on	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	0
1 Z. Suzuki SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
10 R. Doan SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
18 A. Ueda SUB • Subbed on	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	–	1
17 A. Tanaka SUB • Subbed on	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	–	1

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