Head to head

Ghana vs Japan

If they played today

Ghana at home

24% / 24% / 52%

Ghana win / draw / Japan win

Ghana–Japan

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.3%
1–0 6.8%

Neutral venue

18% / 22% / 60%

Ghana win / draw / Japan win

Ghana–Japan

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.8%

Japan at home

13% / 20% / 68%

Ghana win / draw / Japan win

Ghana–Japan

0–2 12.4%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.3%
0–3 8.6%

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

	Ghana	Japan
Current Elo	1682	1973
Elo rank	69th	15th
Peak Elo	1885 (2008)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	675	794
All-time record	312W 176D 187L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1054	1451
Goals against	703	915
Biggest win	12–0 vs Malawi · 1962-10-15 · Friendly	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–8 vs Brazil · 1996-03-27 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Ghana 2W 0D 6L

Goals

11–18

Ghana first

First meeting

2–3

Japan won · 1994-07-08 · Friendly

Most recent

0–2

Japan won · 2025-11-14 · Kirin Cup

Ghana's biggest win

2–0

2018-05-30 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

4–1

2022-06-10 · Kirin Cup

Current run

Won last 2

Japan · since 2022-06-10

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-11-14	0–2	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2022-06-10	1–4	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2018-05-30	2–0	Japan home	Friendly
2013-09-10	1–3	Japan home	Friendly
2009-09-09	3–4	Neutral	Friendly
2006-10-04	1–0	Japan home	Friendly
1994-07-14	1–2	Japan home	Friendly
1994-07-08	2–3	Japan home	Friendly