Japan vs. Sweden injury, suspension list, predicted XIs | World Cup 2026

Both searching for their 2nd wins of the section, Japan and Sweden clash astatine Dallas Stadium successful the World Cup connected Friday morning.

Samurai Blue dispatched Tunisia with easiness past clip out, whilst the Scandinavians were humbled by the Netherlands.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up the latest squad quality for some sides up of their gathering successful Arlington, Texas.

JAPAN vs. SWEDEN

JAPAN

Out: Takefusa Kubo (knee)

Doubtful: Shuto Machino (virus)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Suzuki; Tomiyasu, Itakura, Ito; Doan, Sano, Tanaka, Nakamura; Ito, Kamada, Ueda

SWEDEN

Out: None

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Nordfeldt; Lagerbielke, Hien, Lindelof; Elanga, Bergvall, Karlstrom, Ayari, Gudmundsson; Gyokeres, Isak