Head to head

Canada vs Japan

If they played today

Canada at home
34% / 26% / 39%
Canada win / draw / Japan win
Canada–Japan
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.1%
  • 1–2 8.5%
  • 2–1 7.8%
Neutral venue
27% / 25% / 47%
Canada win / draw / Japan win
Canada–Japan
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 0–1 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.4%
  • 0–2 8.3%
  • 1–0 7.6%
Japan at home
21% / 23% / 56%
Canada win / draw / Japan win
Canada–Japan
  • 0–1 11.2%
  • 1–1 11.1%
  • 0–2 9.9%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.4%

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

 CanadaJapan
Current Elo18411973
Elo rank35th15th
Peak Elo1964 (2022)2012 (2026)
Matches played474794
All-time record181W 109D 184L391W 167D 236L
Goals for6171451
Goals against618915
Biggest win11–0 vs Cayman Islands · 2021-03-29 · FIFA World Cup qualification14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–8 vs Mexico · 1993-07-18 · Gold Cup2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.16

When they've met

Meetings
4
Canada 1W 0D 3L
Goals
4–10
Canada first
First meeting
0–3
Japan won · 2001-05-31 · Confederations Cup
Most recent
1–4
Japan won · 2023-10-13 · Friendly
Canada's biggest win
2–1
2022-11-17 · Friendly
Japan's biggest win
4–1
2023-10-13 · Friendly
Current run
Won the last meeting
Japan · since 2023-10-13
4 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2023-10-131–4Japan homeFriendly
2022-11-172–1NeutralFriendly
2013-03-221–2NeutralFriendly
2001-05-310–3Japan homeConfederations Cup