Head to head

Cameroon vs Japan

If they played today

Cameroon at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Cameroon win / draw / Japan win

Cameroon–Japan

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

20% / 23% / 57%

Cameroon win / draw / Japan win

Cameroon–Japan

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Japan at home

15% / 21% / 64%

Cameroon win / draw / Japan win

Cameroon–Japan

0–1 11.8%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 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

	Cameroon	Japan
Current Elo	1725	1973
Elo rank	57th	15th
Peak Elo	1915 (2003)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	616	794
All-time record	271W 192D 153L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	866	1451
Goals against	640	915
Biggest win	9–2 vs Djibouti · 1960-04-14 · African Friendship Games	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Russia · 1994-06-28 · FIFA World Cup	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Cameroon 0W 2D 3L

Goals

0–5

Cameroon first

First meeting

0–2

Japan won · 2001-06-02 · Confederations Cup

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2020-10-09 · Friendly

Cameroon's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Japan's biggest win

2–0

2007-08-22 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

Cameroon first · twice, last 2020-10-09

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Japan · since 2001-06-02

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2020-10-09	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
2010-06-14	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2007-08-22	0–2	Japan home	Friendly
2003-11-19	0–0	Japan home	Friendly
2001-06-02	0–2	Japan home	Confederations Cup