Japan v Sweden Preview & Betting Odds

Japan v Sweden Betting Form

Japan Recent Form

The Samurai Blue have continued their excellent form into the World Cup, with the Asian side on a nine match unbeaten run and having lost just two of their last 20 matches, winning 14 of those.

Their first two group fixtures have seen a creditable draw with the Netherlands and followed by a dominant drubbing of Tunisia. They will now look to finish off their group stage exploits with another strong performance to confirm their place in the knockout stages.

Win: Tunisia 0-4 Japan, 21 June 2026.

Draw: Netherlands 2-2 Japan, 14 June 2026.

Win: Japan 1-0 Iceland, 31 May 2026.

Win: England 0-1 Japan, 31 March 2026.

Win: Scotland 0-1 Japan, 28 March 2026.

Sweden Recent Form

Sweden have had a somewhat peculiar start to their World Cup, beginning in dominant fashion with a highly impressive 5-1 drubbing of Tunisia in their opener, but then fell to a heavy defeat by the same scoreline to European rivals Netherlands in the second round of group fixtures.

Graham Potter's side will look to leverage their attacking talents with the likes of Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres here and finish the group stage strongly, with only a victory here providing a 100% guarantee of further progression.

Loss: Netherlands 5-1 Sweden, 20 June 2026.

Win: Sweden 5-1 Tunisia, 15 June 2026.

Draw: Sweden 2-2 Greece, 4 June 2026.

Loss: Norway 3-1 Sweden, 1 June 2026.

Win: Sweden 3-2 Poland, 31 March 2026.

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What Are The Best Odds On Japan v Sweden?      

These sides have met four times before and all of those meetings produced tightly-contested affairs. Three matches ended in draws, while Sweden grabbed the lone victory. A repeat of that 1-0 win back in 1997 can be backed here at 8/1.

In terms of the match odds, Japan are 10/11 to win (17/20 on our 2-UP market), while a Sweden win is priced at 10/3 (29/10 on our 2-UP market). The draw is available at 23/10.

See our Japan v Sweden fixed odds betting prices here.

Japan v Sweden Spread Betting Prices

Alternatively, sports spread betting markets are available for the match, offering a different way to bet on sports compared to regular fixed odds betting.

Selected football spread betting markets include Total Goals; the spread is 2.8 – 3. If you thought there would be 4 goals or more in the match you would make a ‘buy’ bet. If the match finished 3-2 then a ‘buy’ bet would return a profit of 2x your stake. However, if the match finished with less than 3 goals, a ‘buy’ bet would return a loss. E.g. a final score of 1-0 would return a loss of 2x your stake.

Another available spread betting market is 1^st Match Goal; the spread is 34 – 37. If you thought the 1^st Goal would come before the 34th minute you would make a ‘sell’ bet. If the 1^st Goal came in the 17^th minute, then a ‘sell’ bet would return 17x your stake. However, if the 1^st Goal came after the 37th minute then a ‘sell’ bet would return a loss. E.g. a 1^st Goal in the 44th minute would return a loss of 10x your stake. A ‘sell’ bet would also return a loss if no goal was scored.

Other football spread betting markets on Japan v Sweden include Shirt Numbers, Bookings, Corners, Total Goal Minutes and Goals Cubed.

See our Japan v Sweden spread betting prices here.

Japan v Sweden Specials & Price Boosts

Price Boosts for this match are available and include #NameIt - Player Markets - Ayase Ueda & Junya Ito Both To Score - NOW 10/1, Anytime Goalscorer - Viktor Gyokeres - NOW 2/1, Player Assists - Junya Ito - 1+ - NOW 7/2 and more!

See all our betting specials and price boosts on Japan v Sweden here.

Learn How To Spread Bet On Japan v Sweden

Spreadex are one of the only sportsbooks in the UK to offer Sports Spread Betting as well as traditional fixed odds prices. Some of the unique betting markets available include 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.

See our football spread betting education centre to see examples of how spread betting works, watch short explainer videos and try interactive betting widgets to see how win or loss levels work on different bets.

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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 11am Tuesday 23rd June 2026.