Head to head

Japan vs Kosovo

If they played today

Japan at home

62% / 22% / 17%

Japan win / draw / Kosovo win

Japan–Kosovo

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Japan win / draw / Kosovo win

Japan–Kosovo

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.6%

Kosovo at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Japan win / draw / Kosovo win

Japan–Kosovo

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 7.9%

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

	Japan	Kosovo
Current Elo	1973	1762
Elo rank	15th	48th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1786 (2026)
Matches played	794	106
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	43W 23D 40L
Goals for	1451	156
Goals against	915	141
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–1 vs Monaco · 2006-04-22 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–6 vs Croatia · 2016-10-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Japan and Kosovo have never played each other.