Head to head

Japan vs Kuwait

If they played today

Japan at home

81% / 13% / 6%

Japan win / draw / Kuwait win

Japan–Kuwait

2–0 15.5%
3–0 12.9%
1–0 12.4%
4–0 8.1%
2–1 7.8%

Neutral venue

75% / 16% / 9%

Japan win / draw / Kuwait win

Japan–Kuwait

2–0 14.0%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.8%
2–1 8.9%
1–1 7.8%

Kuwait at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Japan win / draw / Kuwait win

Japan–Kuwait

2–0 12.5%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
3–0 8.7%

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	Kuwait
Current Elo	1973	1475
Elo rank	15th	120th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1800 (1977)
Matches played	794	684
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	285W 179D 220L
Goals for	1451	1067
Goals against	915	770
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	20–0 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-14 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–8 vs Portugal · 2003-11-19 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.02
AFC Asian Cups won	4	1
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.47	1.11

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 1W 0D 4L

Goals

2–8

Japan first

First meeting

0–2

Kuwait won · 1978-12-11 · Asian Games

Most recent

2–1

Japan won · 1998-12-09 · Asian Games

Japan's biggest win

2–1

1998-12-09 · Asian Games

Kuwait's biggest win

2–0

1996-12-15 · AFC Asian Cup

Most common result

0–2

Japan first · 3 times, last 1996-12-15

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 1998-12-09

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1998-12-09	2–1	Neutral	Asian Games
1996-12-15	0–2	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1988-04-08	0–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup qualification
1986-09-24	0–2	Neutral	Asian Games
1978-12-11	0–2	Neutral	Asian Games