Head to head

Cape Verde vs Japan

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

25% / 24% / 51%

Cape Verde win / draw / Japan win

Cape Verde–Japan

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

19% / 22% / 59%

Cape Verde win / draw / Japan win

Cape Verde–Japan

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

Japan at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Cape Verde win / draw / Japan win

Cape Verde–Japan

0–2 12.1%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.5%
0–3 8.3%

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

	Cape Verde	Japan
Current Elo	1699	1973
Elo rank	65th	15th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	239	794
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	262	1451
Goals against	270	915
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.16

When they've met

Cape Verde and Japan have never played each other.