Head to head

Botswana vs Japan

If they played today

Botswana at home

9% / 17% / 74%

Botswana win / draw / Japan win

Botswana–Japan

0–2 13.8%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.5%
1–2 9.0%
1–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

6% / 14% / 80%

Botswana win / draw / Japan win

Botswana–Japan

0–2 15.3%
0–3 12.6%
0–1 12.4%
1–2 8.0%
0–4 7.8%

Japan at home

3% / 11% / 86%

Botswana win / draw / Japan win

Botswana–Japan

0–2 16.8%
0–3 14.9%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 10.0%
1–2 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

	Botswana	Japan
Current Elo	1388	1973
Elo rank	149th	15th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	332	794
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	268	1451
Goals against	426	915
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · 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

Botswana and Japan have never played each other.