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Written by Yaro Pavlenko
Spreadex Sports previews the upcoming friendly international fixture between England and Japan, as two sides who will be participating in this summer's World Cup do battle as they continue to experiment and tinker as they prepare for the tournament.
Both sides were in action just days ago, with the Samurai Blue visiting UK shores to put Scotland to the sword in Glasgow, while England hosted South American side Uruguay in a 1-1 draw.
Who will claim the victory here?
When is England v Japan? Tuesday, March 31st 2026.
What time is kick-off for England v Japan? 7.45pm, UK time.
Where is England v Japan being played? Wembley Stadium, London.
How can I watch England v Japan? Live on ITV from 7.45pm.
Both of these sides have been in generally excellent international form, with England having won eight and drawn one of their last ten matches, qualifying for the World Cup with a perfect run of victories in all of their competitive group matches.
In fact, the Three Lions produced an incredible defensive performance of conceding zero goals in their eight qualifiers, while scoring 22. However, Thomas Tuchel's side conceded a last minute penalty last time out as Uruguay claimed a draw at Wembley.
Japan, meanwhile, have won seven and drawn two of their last ten, and have had six clean sheets in that run. Aside from their victory over Scotland, the Asian outfit have also scored a notable victory over giants Brazil, but their lone defeat in that run of ten matches came against World Cup co-hosts USA.
Which side will be able to continue recent winning momentum here?
DRAW: England 1-1 Uruguay. 27th March 2026.WIN: Albania 0-2 England. 16th November 2025. WIN: England 2-0 Serbia. 13th November 2025.
WIN: Scotland 0-1 Japan. 28th March 2026.WIN: Japan 3-0 Bolivia. 18th November 2025.WIN: Japan 2-0 Ghana. 14th November 2025.
To see all the England v Japan betting stats and form, visit our pricing page to view our Pre-Match betting stats table or hover over/tap the chart image to see previous outcomes for that particular market.
The Spreadex Sports fixed odds Match Odds betting prices have England as the strong 4/7 favourites to secure a home victory while our 2 Up early pay out market, which pays out when a team goes two goals up, has the Three Lions at 8/15.
Japan meanwhile are available at 24/5 for the away victory (17/4 on our 2 Up market), with the draw at 16/5.
H2H form consists of just two historical meetings between these two - both friendly internationals - with the most recent a 2-1 win for England in 2010, and a 1-1 draw back in 2004.
With both meetings seeing both score, you can back Both to Score - Yes at 20/23 here.
Our football spread betting prices have the Goal Supremacy as England/Japan 1 - 1.2. This means if England won 3-0 (or by any other three goal margin), a 'buy' bet at 1.2 would mean a return of 1.8x your initial stake.
However, if you bought at 1.2 in England's favour and the match ended goalless, you would lose 1.2x your stake. Or, if Japan were to grab a 2-1 (or any other one goal margin) win, the market would settle negatively at -1 and a buy at 1.2 would result in a loss of 2.2x your opening stake.
You can calculate various make-ups by using our handy spread betting calculator, found here.
Our spread betting Total Goals line is 2.65 - 2.85. So a 2.85 'buy' bet would need at least three goals to be scored in the match to start turning a profit. Conversely, a 2.65 sell bet would need less than three goals to be scored in the match to turn a profit.
Remember that with spread betting, get the bet wrong and losses can exceed your stake/deposit. E.g. a 2.85 'buy' Total Goals bet would lose 2.85x your opening stake if the match ended 0-0, and so on.
We have several pre-built Popular Bet-Builders, including England to win, Over 2.5 goals & Over 10.5 corners - 6/1, BTTS, Over 2.5 goals & Over 8.5 corners - 3/1, England To Win, Harry Kane & Ayase Ueda Both To Score - 10/1 and much more!
Our Price Boosts for this one include Cole Palmer to Score Anytime - NOW 5/2, Harry Kane & Kaoru Mitoma Both to Score - NOW 13/1 with more boosts to be added closer to kick-off!
Spreadex offers football spread betting prices on England v Japan, as well as traditional sportsbook/fixed odds prices.
Some of these markets include options such as Player Goal Minutes (the aggregate minutes of the goals scored by a named player in a match), Total Goal Minutes (the aggregate of the minutes of all goals scored in a match), Shirt Numbers (the aggregate of the shirt numbers of all goalscorers in a match), Bookings Points (based on 10 points per yellow, 25 per red), Corners, Time of 1st Match Goal, Match Performance and many, many more.
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Please note that this preview is not designed to offer any betting advice or suggestions. All prices quoted correct as of 3pm Monday 30th March. Price Boosts and other markets will be added closer to kick-off time.
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