Head to head

Finland vs Japan

If they played today

Finland at home

20% / 23% / 58%

Finland win / draw / Japan win

Finland–Japan

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

14% / 20% / 65%

Finland win / draw / Japan win

Finland–Japan

0–2 11.9%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.7%
0–3 8.0%

Japan at home

10% / 18% / 72%

Finland win / draw / Japan win

Finland–Japan

0–2 13.4%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.9%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

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

	Finland	Japan
Current Elo	1616	1973
Elo rank	82nd	15th
Peak Elo	1779 (2021)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	818	794
All-time record	216W 166D 436L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	960	1451
Goals against	1675	915
Biggest win	10–2 vs Estonia · 1922-08-11 · Friendly	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Germany · 1940-09-01 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Finland 0W 0D 2L

Goals

1–7

Finland first

First meeting

0–2

Japan won · 2006-02-18 · Friendly

Most recent

1–5

Japan won · 2009-02-04 · Friendly

Finland's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Japan's biggest win

5–1

2009-02-04 · Friendly

Current run

Won last 2

Japan · since 2006-02-18

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-02-04	1–5	Japan home	Friendly
2006-02-18	0–2	Japan home	Friendly