Head to head

Croatia vs Japan

If they played today

Croatia at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Croatia win / draw / Japan win

Croatia–Japan

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.4%

Neutral venue

35% / 26% / 39%

Croatia win / draw / Japan win

Croatia–Japan

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.2%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.9%

Japan at home

27% / 25% / 47%

Croatia win / draw / Japan win

Croatia–Japan

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.7%

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

	Croatia	Japan
Current Elo	1943	1973
Elo rank	17th	15th
Peak Elo	2057 (2023)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	400	794
All-time record	211W 104D 85L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	694	1451
Goals against	407	915
Biggest win	10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.14	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Croatia 1W 2D 1L

Goals

5–5

Croatia first

First meeting

3–4

Japan won · 1997-06-08 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2022-12-05 · FIFA World Cup

Croatia's biggest win

1–0

1998-06-20 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

4–3

1997-06-08 · Kirin Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Croatia · since 1998-06-20

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-12-05	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2006-06-18	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1998-06-20	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1997-06-08	3–4	Japan home	Kirin Cup