Brazil face Japan in the round of 32 at the World Cup this evening.
It is a tricky first test in the knockout rounds for the five-time winners who finished top of Group C having taken seven points from games with Haiti, Morocco and Scotland.
Japan qualified having come second in Group F behind the Netherlands.
Where to watch Brazil v Japan: TV and online streams
The match kicks off on Monday 29 June at 6pm UK time. It is broadcast on ITV and STV and can be streamed on ITVX.
Stats for Brazil v Japan
- Japan have won only once in their fourteen games against Brazil in all competitions (D2 L11). However, this victory came in their most recent clash last October, a friendly at Tokyo Stadium (3-2).
- Brazil have been eliminated in four of their last six World Cup knockout stage matches, more than in their previous 17 combined (three). They haven’t been knocked out in the first knockout stage at a World Cup tournament since 1990, when they lost 1-0 to Argentina in the last 16.
- This will be Japan’s fifth knockout stage match at the FIFA World Cup; they were eliminated from each of their first four. Three of their four knockout opponents ended as 3rd place in that tournament (Türkiye in 2002, Belgium in 2018, Croatia in 2022).
