Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Japan

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

22% / 24% / 55%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Japan win

Burkina Faso–Japan

1–1 11.2%
0–1 11.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.7%
1–0 6.5%

Neutral venue

16% / 21% / 62%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Japan win

Burkina Faso–Japan

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.3%
1–1 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.3%

Japan at home

12% / 19% / 70%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Japan win

Burkina Faso–Japan

0–2 12.9%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.5%
0–3 9.2%
1–1 8.9%

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

	Burkina Faso	Japan
Current Elo	1653	1973
Elo rank	78th	15th
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	464	794
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	580	1451
Goals against	617	915
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	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

Burkina Faso and Japan have never played each other.