Head to head

Ecuador vs Japan

If they played today

Ecuador at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Ecuador win / draw / Japan win

Ecuador–Japan

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

36% / 26% / 38%

Ecuador win / draw / Japan win

Ecuador–Japan

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.1%

Japan at home

29% / 25% / 46%

Ecuador win / draw / Japan win

Ecuador–Japan

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

	Ecuador	Japan
Current Elo	1964	1973
Elo rank	16th	15th
Peak Elo	2028 (2026)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	595	794
All-time record	184W 158D 253L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	719	1451
Goals against	907	915
Biggest win	6–0 vs Peru · 1975-06-22 · Friendly	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–12 vs Argentina · 1942-01-22 · Copa América	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Ecuador 0W 2D 2L

Goals

1–5

Ecuador first

First meeting

0–3

Japan won · 1995-05-28 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2022-09-27 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Ecuador's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Japan's biggest win

3–0

1995-05-28 · Kirin Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Japan · since 1995-05-28

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-09-27	0–0	Neutral	Kirin Challenge Cup
2019-06-24	1–1	Neutral	Copa América
2006-03-30	0–1	Japan home	Friendly
1995-05-28	0–3	Japan home	Kirin Cup