Head to head

Japan vs Latvia

If they played today

Japan at home

88% / 10% / 3%

Japan win / draw / Latvia win

Japan–Latvia

2–0 17.4%
3–0 15.9%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 11.0%
5–0 6.1%

Neutral venue

83% / 13% / 5%

Japan win / draw / Latvia win

Japan–Latvia

2–0 16.0%
3–0 13.6%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 8.7%
2–1 7.4%

Latvia at home

77% / 16% / 8%

Japan win / draw / Latvia win

Japan–Latvia

2–0 14.5%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.4%
2–1 8.6%
1–1 7.3%

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	Latvia
Current Elo	1973	1345
Elo rank	15th	160th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1594 (2009)
Matches played	794	461
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	128W 111D 222L
Goals for	1451	541
Goals against	915	764
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–1 vs Estonia · 1942-08-18 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–12 vs Sweden · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 1W 1D 0L

Goals

5–2

Japan first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 2005-10-08 · Friendly

Most recent

3–0

Japan won · 2013-02-06 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

3–0

2013-02-06 · Friendly

Latvia's biggest win

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Never beaten Japan

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Japan · since 2005-10-08

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-02-06	3–0	Japan home	Friendly
2005-10-08	2–2	Latvia home	Friendly