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Head to head

Iran vs Japan

If they played today

Iran at home
38% / 26% / 36%
Iran win / draw / Japan win
Iran–Japan
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 9.4%
  • 2–1 8.3%
  • 1–2 8.0%
Neutral venue
31% / 26% / 44%
Iran win / draw / Japan win
Iran–Japan
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.3%
  • 1–2 9.0%
  • 1–0 8.3%
  • 0–2 7.6%
Japan at home
24% / 24% / 52%
Iran win / draw / Japan win
Iran–Japan
  • 1–1 11.6%
  • 0–1 11.0%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 0–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 6.9%

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

 IranJapan
Current Elo18891973
Elo rank25th15th
Peak Elo1945 (2022)2012 (2026)
Matches played615794
All-time record349W 147D 119L391W 167D 236L
Goals for11581451
Goals against486915
Biggest win19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.130.16
AFC Asian Cups won34
Expected AFC Asian Cups2.731.47

When they've met

Meetings
19
Iran 7W 6D 6L
Goals
21–22
Iran first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 1951-03-07 · Asian Games
Most recent
2–1
Iran won · 2024-02-03 · AFC Asian Cup
Iran's biggest win
2–0
1986-09-22 · Asian Games
Japan's biggest win
3–0
2019-01-28 · AFC Asian Cup
Most common result
2–1
Iran first · 3 times, last 2024-02-03
Current run
Won the last meeting
Iran · since 2024-02-03
19 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2024-02-032–1NeutralAFC Asian Cup
2019-01-280–3NeutralAFC Asian Cup
2015-10-131–1Iran homeFriendly
2005-08-171–2Japan homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2005-03-252–1Iran homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2004-07-280–0NeutralAFC Asian Cup
1999-09-081–1Japan homeFriendly
1997-11-162–3NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
1993-10-182–1NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
1992-11-030–1Japan homeAFC Asian Cup
1990-10-011–0NeutralAsian Games
1989-01-202–2Iran homeFriendly
1988-12-040–0NeutralAFC Asian Cup
1986-09-222–0NeutralAsian Games
1982-11-210–1NeutralAsian Games
1966-12-181–0NeutralAsian Games
1966-12-111–3NeutralAsian Games
1951-03-083–2NeutralAsian Games
1951-03-070–0NeutralAsian Games