Head to head

Japan vs Kazakhstan

If they played today

Japan at home

79% / 15% / 7%

Japan win / draw / Kazakhstan win

Japan–Kazakhstan

2–0 15.0%
1–0 12.4%
3–0 12.1%
2–1 8.3%
4–0 7.3%

Neutral venue

72% / 18% / 10%

Japan win / draw / Kazakhstan win

Japan–Kazakhstan

2–0 13.5%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 10.0%
2–1 9.2%
1–1 8.3%

Kazakhstan at home

65% / 20% / 14%

Japan win / draw / Kazakhstan win

Japan–Kazakhstan

2–0 11.9%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.7%
3–0 8.0%

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

	Japan	Kazakhstan
Current Elo	1973	1513
Elo rank	15th	106th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1621 (1997)
Matches played	794	269
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	71W 60D 138L
Goals for	1451	309
Goals against	915	444
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	20–1 vs Guam · 1997-05-13 · East Asian Games
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–8 vs France · 2021-11-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 2D 0L

Goals

12–4

Japan first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1997-05-15 · East Asian Games

Most recent

4–0

Japan won · 2005-01-29 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

5–1

1997-11-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Kazakhstan's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Japan · since 1997-05-15

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2005-01-29	4–0	Japan home	Friendly
1997-11-08	5–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-10-04	1–1	Kazakhstan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-05-15	2–2	Neutral	East Asian Games