Head to head

Gambia vs Japan

If they played today

Gambia at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Gambia win / draw / Japan win

Gambia–Japan

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.5%

Neutral venue

11% / 18% / 71%

Gambia win / draw / Japan win

Gambia–Japan

0–2 13.1%
0–1 12.1%
1–2 9.4%
0–3 9.4%
1–1 8.7%

Japan at home

7% / 15% / 77%

Gambia win / draw / Japan win

Gambia–Japan

0–2 14.6%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.5%
1–2 8.6%
1–1 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

	Gambia	Japan
Current Elo	1540	1973
Elo rank	99th	15th
Peak Elo	1570 (2022)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	266	794
All-time record	73W 75D 118L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	279	1451
Goals against	370	915
Biggest win	7–0 vs Seychelles · 2025-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Ghana · 1978-01-17 · 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

Gambia and Japan have never played each other.