Head to head

Ivory Coast vs Japan

If they played today

Ivory Coast at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Ivory Coast win / draw / Japan win

Ivory Coast–Japan

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.2%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

27% / 25% / 47%

Ivory Coast win / draw / Japan win

Ivory Coast–Japan

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.7%

Japan at home

21% / 23% / 55%

Ivory Coast win / draw / Japan win

Ivory Coast–Japan

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

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

	Ivory Coast	Japan
Current Elo	1843	1973
Elo rank	32nd	15th
Peak Elo	1974 (2013)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	640	794
All-time record	327W 162D 151L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1047	1451
Goals against	638	915
Biggest win	9–0 vs Seychelles · 2023-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Netherlands · 2017-06-04 · Friendly	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Ivory Coast 2W 0D 3L

Goals

4–4

Ivory Coast first

First meeting

0–1

Japan won · 1993-10-04 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Japan won · 2020-10-13 · Friendly

Ivory Coast's biggest win

2–0

2010-06-04 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

1–0

2020-10-13 · Friendly

Most common result

0–1

Ivory Coast first · 3 times, last 2020-10-13

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2020-10-13

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2020-10-13	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2014-06-14	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2010-06-04	2–0	Neutral	Friendly
2008-05-24	0–1	Japan home	Kirin Cup
1993-10-04	0–1	Japan home	Friendly