Head to head

Iraq vs Japan

If they played today

Iraq at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Iraq win / draw / Japan win

Iraq–Japan

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

17% / 22% / 61%

Iraq win / draw / Japan win

Iraq–Japan

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

Japan at home

12% / 19% / 68%

Iraq win / draw / Japan win

Iraq–Japan

0–2 12.5%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
0–3 8.8%

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

	Iraq	Japan
Current Elo	1673	1973
Elo rank	72nd	15th
Peak Elo	1844 (1984)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	658	794
All-time record	304W 188D 166L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1006	1451
Goals against	621	915
Biggest win	13–0 vs Ethiopia · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Chile · 2013-08-14 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.16
AFC Asian Cups won	1	4
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.97	1.47

When they've met

Meetings

Iraq 3W 3D 7L

Goals

10–19

Iraq first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1978-07-13 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

2–1

Iraq won · 2024-01-19 · AFC Asian Cup

Iraq's biggest win

2–0

1981-09-18 · Merdeka Tournament

Japan's biggest win

4–0

2015-06-11 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Most common result

0–1

Iraq first · 3 times, last 2015-01-16

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Iraq · since 2017-06-13

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-01-19	2–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2017-06-13	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-10-06	1–2	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-06-11	0–4	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2015-01-16	0–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2013-06-11	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2012-09-11	0–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-02-12	0–2	Japan home	Friendly
2000-10-24	1–4	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1993-10-28	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1982-11-28	1–0	Neutral	Asian Games
1981-09-18	2–0	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament
1978-07-13	0–0	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament