Head to head

Benin vs Japan

If they played today

Benin at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Benin win / draw / Japan win

Benin–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% / 71%

Benin win / draw / Japan win

Benin–Japan

0–2 13.1%
0–1 12.1%
1–2 9.4%
0–3 9.4%
1–1 8.7%

Japan at home

7% / 15% / 77%

Benin win / draw / Japan win

Benin–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

	Benin	Japan
Current Elo	1540	1973
Elo rank	98th	15th
Peak Elo	1607 (2020)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	325	794
All-time record	84W 79D 162L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	352	1451
Goals against	561	915
Biggest win	7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.16

When they've met

Benin and Japan have never played each other.