Head to head

Bangladesh vs Japan

If they played today

Bangladesh at home

2% / 9% / 88%

Bangladesh win / draw / Japan win

Bangladesh–Japan

0–2 17.6%
0–3 16.3%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 11.3%
0–5 6.3%

Neutral venue

1% / 7% / 92%

Bangladesh win / draw / Japan win

Bangladesh–Japan

0–2 18.9%
0–3 18.8%
0–4 14.0%
0–1 12.6%
0–5 8.4%

Japan at home

0% / 5% / 95%

Bangladesh win / draw / Japan win

Bangladesh–Japan

0–3 21.2%
0–2 20.0%
0–4 16.9%
0–1 12.5%
0–5 10.7%

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

	Bangladesh	Japan
Current Elo	1131	1973
Elo rank	188th	15th
Peak Elo	1494 (1973)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	305	794
All-time record	80W 66D 159L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	276	1451
Goals against	556	915
Biggest win	8–0 vs Maldives · 1985-12-23 · South Asian Games	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–9 vs South Korea · 1979-09-16 · Korea 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	<0.01	1.47

When they've met

Meetings

Bangladesh 0W 0D 5L

Goals

1–22

Bangladesh first

First meeting

0–3

Japan won · 1975-08-04 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

1–4

Japan won · 1993-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Bangladesh's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Japan's biggest win

8–0

1993-04-11 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–3

Bangladesh first · twice, last 1990-09-26

Current run

Won last 5

Japan · since 1975-08-04

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1993-04-30	1–4	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-04-11	0–8	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1990-09-26	0–3	Neutral	Asian Games
1986-09-28	0–4	Neutral	Asian Games
1975-08-04	0–3	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament