Head to head

England vs Japan

If they played today

England at home

63% / 21% / 16%

England win / draw / Japan win

England–Japan

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.4%
1–1 10.1%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

55% / 24% / 22%

England win / draw / Japan win

England–Japan

1–1 11.2%
1–0 11.2%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.8%
0–1 6.4%

Japan at home

47% / 25% / 28%

England win / draw / Japan win

England–Japan

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.2%
0–1 7.8%

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

	England	Japan
Current Elo	2197	1973
Elo rank	3rd	15th
Peak Elo	2197 (2026)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	1098	794
All-time record	631W 259D 208L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	2401	1451
Goals against	1053	915
Biggest win	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	1	0
Expected World Cups	1.45	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

England 2W 1D 1L

Goals

5–4

England first

First meeting

2–1

England won · 1995-06-03 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Japan won · 2026-03-31 · Friendly

England's biggest win

2–1

2010-05-30 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

1–0

2026-03-31 · Friendly

Most common result

2–1

England first · twice, last 2010-05-30

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2026-03-31

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-03-31	0–1	England home	Friendly
2010-05-30	2–1	Neutral	Friendly
2004-06-01	1–1	England home	Friendly
1995-06-03	2–1	England home	Friendly