Head to head

German DR vs Japan

If they played today

German DR at home

27% / 25% / 48%

German DR win / draw / Japan win

German DR–Japan

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.5%
1–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

21% / 23% / 56%

German DR win / draw / Japan win

German DR–Japan

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Japan at home

15% / 21% / 64%

German DR win / draw / Japan win

German DR–Japan

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.6%
1–1 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.7%

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

	German DR	Japan
Current Elo	1732	1973
Elo rank	55th	15th
Peak Elo	1895 (1974)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	298	794
All-time record	140W 66D 92L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	506	1451
Goals against	361	915
Biggest win	12–1 vs Sri Lanka · 1964-01-12 · Friendly	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Hungary · 1952-05-18 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.06	0.16

When they've met

German DR and Japan have never played each other.