Head to head

Afghanistan vs Japan

If they played today

Afghanistan at home

3% / 11% / 86%

Afghanistan win / draw / Japan win

Afghanistan–Japan

0–2 17.0%
0–3 15.3%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 10.3%
1–2 6.2%

Neutral venue

2% / 8% / 91%

Afghanistan win / draw / Japan win

Afghanistan–Japan

0–2 18.3%
0–3 17.7%
0–4 12.8%
0–1 12.6%
0–5 7.4%

Japan at home

0% / 5% / 94%

Afghanistan win / draw / Japan win

Afghanistan–Japan

0–3 20.2%
0–2 19.6%
0–4 15.7%
0–1 12.6%
0–5 9.7%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Afghanistan	Japan
Current Elo	1173	1973
Elo rank	185th	15th
Peak Elo	1481 (1941)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	147	794
All-time record	36W 34D 77L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	142	1451
Goals against	293	915
Biggest win	8–1 vs Bhutan · 2011-12-07 · SAFF Cup	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–11 vs Turkmenistan · 2003-11-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.16
AFC Asian Cups won	0	4
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.00	1.47

When they've met

Meetings

Afghanistan 0W 0D 3L

Goals

0–13

Afghanistan first

First meeting

0–2

Japan won · 1951-03-09 · Asian Games

Most recent

0–5

Japan won · 2016-03-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Afghanistan's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Japan's biggest win

6–0

2015-09-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Won last 3

Japan · since 1951-03-09

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-03-24	0–5	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-09-08	0–6	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1951-03-09	0–2	Neutral	Asian Games