Head to head

France vs Japan

If they played today

France at home

58% / 23% / 19%

France win / draw / Japan win

France–Japan

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

50% / 25% / 25%

France win / draw / Japan win

France–Japan

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 8.9%
0–1 7.2%

Japan at home

42% / 26% / 32%

France win / draw / Japan win

France–Japan

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

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

	France	Japan
Current Elo	2139	1973
Elo rank	4th	15th
Peak Elo	2232 (2026)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	943	794
All-time record	483W 195D 265L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1735	1451
Goals against	1219	915
Biggest win	14–0 vs Gibraltar · 2023-11-18 · UEFA Euro qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–17 vs Denmark · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	2	0
Expected World Cups	0.90	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

France 4W 1D 1L

Goals

14–5

France first

First meeting

4–1

France won · 1994-05-29 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

0–1

Japan won · 2012-10-12 · Friendly

France's biggest win

5–0

2001-03-24 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

1–0

2012-10-12 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2012-10-12

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-10-12	0–1	France home	Friendly
2003-06-20	2–1	France home	Confederations Cup
2001-06-10	1–0	Japan home	Confederations Cup
2001-03-24	5–0	France home	Friendly
2000-06-04	2–2	Neutral	King Hassan II Tournament
1994-05-29	4–1	Japan home	Kirin Cup