Head to head

Israel vs Japan

If they played today

Israel at home

24% / 24% / 51%

Israel win / draw / Japan win

Israel–Japan

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 7.0%

Neutral venue

18% / 22% / 59%

Israel win / draw / Japan win

Israel–Japan

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.6%

Japan at home

13% / 20% / 67%

Israel win / draw / Japan win

Israel–Japan

0–2 12.2%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
0–3 8.4%

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

	Israel	Japan
Current Elo	1692	1973
Elo rank	67th	15th
Peak Elo	1771 (2008)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	498	794
All-time record	181W 116D 201L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	750	1451
Goals against	737	915
Biggest win	8–0 vs San Marino · 1999-09-08 · UEFA Euro qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Germany · 2002-02-13 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Israel 5W 0D 0L

Goals

10–1

Israel first

First meeting

2–1

Israel won · 1973-05-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

2–0

Israel won · 1977-03-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Israel's biggest win

3–0

1974-09-07 · Asian Games

Japan's biggest win

—

Never beaten Israel

Most common result

2–0

Israel first · twice, last 1977-03-10

Current run

Won last 5

Israel · since 1973-05-16

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1977-03-10	2–0	Israel home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1977-03-06	2–0	Israel home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1974-09-07	3–0	Neutral	Asian Games
1973-05-26	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1973-05-16	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification