Head to head

Algeria vs Japan

If they played today

Algeria at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Algeria win / draw / Japan win

Algeria–Japan

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

Algeria win / draw / Japan win

Algeria–Japan

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

Japan at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Algeria win / draw / Japan win

Algeria–Japan

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.5%

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

	Algeria	Japan
Current Elo	1859	1973
Elo rank	29th	15th
Peak Elo	1908 (2022)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	621	794
All-time record	289W 163D 169L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	958	1451
Goals against	622	915
Biggest win	15–1 vs Yemen · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–5 vs German DR · 1976-04-21 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Algeria 0W 0D 1L

Goals

1–2

Algeria first

First meeting

1–2

Japan won · 1986-05-11 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

1–2

Japan won · 1986-05-11 · Kirin Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1986-05-11	1–2	Japan home	Kirin Cup