Head to head

Belgium vs Japan

If they played today

Belgium at home

50% / 25% / 25%

Belgium win / draw / Japan win

Belgium–Japan

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.8%
0–1 7.2%

Neutral venue

42% / 26% / 32%

Belgium win / draw / Japan win

Belgium–Japan

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.5%

Japan at home

34% / 26% / 40%

Belgium win / draw / Japan win

Belgium–Japan

1–1 12.5%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.8%

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

	Belgium	Japan
Current Elo	2036	1973
Elo rank	9th	15th
Peak Elo	2209 (2021)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	859	794
All-time record	385W 183D 291L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1564	1451
Goals against	1297	915
Biggest win	10–1 vs San Marino · 2001-02-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–9 vs Netherlands · 1959-10-04 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.39	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Belgium 2W 2D 2L

Goals

8–11

Belgium first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1999-06-03 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

3–2

Belgium won · 2018-07-02 · FIFA World Cup

Belgium's biggest win

3–2

2018-07-02 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

4–0

2009-05-31 · Kirin Cup

Current run

Won last 2

Belgium · since 2017-11-14

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-07-02	3–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2017-11-14	1–0	Belgium home	Friendly
2013-11-19	2–3	Belgium home	Friendly
2009-05-31	0–4	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2002-06-04	2–2	Japan home	FIFA World Cup
1999-06-03	0–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup