Head to head

Denmark vs Japan

If they played today

Denmark at home

40% / 26% / 33%

Denmark win / draw / Japan win

Denmark–Japan

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Denmark win / draw / Japan win

Denmark–Japan

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Japan at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Denmark win / draw / Japan win

Denmark–Japan

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

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

	Denmark	Japan
Current Elo	1918	1973
Elo rank	21st	15th
Peak Elo	2028 (2021)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	874	794
All-time record	402W 185D 287L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1587	1451
Goals against	1173	915
Biggest win	17–1 vs France · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–11 vs Basque Country · 1937-08-29 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Denmark 1W 0D 1L

Goals

4–5

Denmark first

First meeting

3–2

Denmark won · 1971-07-28 · Friendly

Most recent

1–3

Japan won · 2010-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Denmark's biggest win

3–2

1971-07-28 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

3–1

2010-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2010-06-24

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-06-24	1–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1971-07-28	3–2	Denmark home	Friendly