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Group F · Matchday 1 · Estadio Akron, Guadalajara · Jun 14, 20:00 UTC

🇳🇱 Netherlandsvs🇯🇵 Japan
50.5%draw 25.9%23.6%

Expected goals: NED 1.83 · JPN 1.00

SourceNED winDrawJPN win
Model56.0%24.5%19.5%
Market (Pinnacle)48.1%26.5%25.3%
Blend (published)50.5%25.9%23.6%

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows NED, columns JPN

0123450
7.1%
6.1%
3.6%
1.2%
1
8.9%
12.3%
6.5%
2.2%
0.5%
2
8.9%
8.9%
5.2%
2.0%
0.5%
3
5.4%
5.4%
2.7%
1.1%
4
2.5%
2.5%
1.3%
5
0.9%
0.9%
11 12.3%10 8.9%21 8.9%20 8.9%00 7.1%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🇳🇱NED2000effective
Pre-tournament Elo
2000
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Virgil van Dijk, Frenkie de Jong, Cody Gakpo.

🇯🇵JPN1885effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1885
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Takefusa Kubo, Kaoru Mitoma, Wataru Endo.