Goals, cards, substitutions, and other recorded match events.
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The England vs Japan timeline covers Friendlies, Friendly International on 31 Mar 2026 and tracks 18 recorded match events from the game. The scoreline is England 0-1 Japan, so the event list can be read alongside the final result. The timeline includes 1 goal, 2 cards, and 15 substitutions, which helps show whether the game was shaped by goals, cards, substitutions or a mix of all three.
The event mix shows 1 goal, 2 cards, and 15 substitutions. That makes the timeline useful for seeing when the match opened up, when discipline became part of the story and how both benches changed the game through substitutions.
The first major moments listed here include 23' - Japan, K. Mitoma - Normal Goal, 59' - England, Nico O'Reilly - Substitution 1, 59' - England, B. White - Substitution 2, 59' - England, C. Palmer - Substitution 3, and 59' - England, P. Foden - Substitution 4. Reading those events in order gives a quick route through the match story before opening the full timeline for every recorded action.
