Football fixtures, live scores and standings

The standings tab adds table context for Japan vs Croatia in World Cup. It is tied to World Cup, Round of 16 on 5 Dec 2022, so the team positions can be read beside the fixture result, stats and match timeline. The table context was last refreshed on 8 Apr 2026.

Japan in Group E: ranked 1, 3 matches played, 6 points, goal difference 1, and form WLW (Promotion - World Cup (Play Offs)).

Croatia in Group F: ranked 2, 3 matches played, 5 points, goal difference 3, and form DWD (Promotion - World Cup (Play Offs)).

Japan hold a 1 point edge over Croatia and Croatia also have the better goal difference in the table context for this fixture. That makes the standings tab useful for checking whether the matchup carries pressure from qualification position, points gap or goal-difference movement.