Head to head

Colombia vs Japan

If they played today

Colombia at home

54% / 24% / 22%

Colombia win / draw / Japan win

Colombia–Japan

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.5%

Neutral venue

46% / 25% / 29%

Colombia win / draw / Japan win

Colombia–Japan

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 7.9%

Japan at home

38% / 26% / 36%

Colombia win / draw / Japan win

Colombia–Japan

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.0%

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

	Colombia	Japan
Current Elo	2087	1973
Elo rank	5th	15th
Peak Elo	2147 (2024)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	643	794
All-time record	261W 178D 204L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	828	1451
Goals against	737	915
Biggest win	6–0 vs Bahrain · 2015-03-26 · Friendly	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Brazil · 1957-03-24 · Copa América	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.23	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Colombia 4W 1D 1L

Goals

9–4

Colombia first

First meeting

1–0

Colombia won · 2003-06-22 · Confederations Cup

Most recent

2–1

Colombia won · 2023-03-28 · Friendly

Colombia's biggest win

4–1

2014-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

2–1

2018-06-19 · FIFA World Cup

Most common result

1–0

Colombia first · twice, last 2019-03-22

Current run

Won last 2

Colombia · since 2019-03-22

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-03-28	2–1	Japan home	Friendly
2019-03-22	1–0	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2018-06-19	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2014-06-24	4–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2007-06-05	0–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2003-06-22	1–0	Neutral	Confederations Cup