Head to head

Bahrain vs Japan

If they played today

Bahrain at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Bahrain win / draw / Japan win

Bahrain–Japan

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.5%

Neutral venue

11% / 18% / 70%

Bahrain win / draw / Japan win

Bahrain–Japan

0–2 13.0%
0–1 12.1%
1–2 9.4%
0–3 9.4%
1–1 8.7%

Japan at home

7% / 15% / 77%

Bahrain win / draw / Japan win

Bahrain–Japan

0–2 14.6%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.5%
1–2 8.6%
1–1 7.3%

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

	Bahrain	Japan
Current Elo	1541	1973
Elo rank	97th	15th
Peak Elo	1725 (2009)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	584	794
All-time record	207W 154D 223L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	725	1451
Goals against	756	915
Biggest win	10–0 vs Indonesia · 2012-02-29 · FIFA World Cup qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Iraq · 1966-04-05 · Arab Cup	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	0.17	1.47

When they've met

Meetings

Bahrain 2W 0D 11L

Goals

8–27

Bahrain first

First meeting

0–4

Japan won · 1978-12-13 · Asian Games

Most recent

0–2

Japan won · 2025-03-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Bahrain's biggest win

1–0

2009-01-28 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Japan's biggest win

5–0

2024-09-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–1

Bahrain first · 4 times, last 2009-03-28

Current run

Won last 5

Japan · since 2009-03-28

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-20	0–2	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-09-10	0–5	Bahrain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-01-31	1–3	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2010-03-03	0–2	Japan home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2009-03-28	0–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-01-28	1–0	Bahrain home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2008-09-06	2–3	Bahrain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-22	0–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-03-26	1–0	Bahrain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2005-06-03	0–1	Bahrain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2005-03-30	0–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-08-03	3–4	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1978-12-13	0–4	Neutral	Asian Games