Head to head

Japan vs Lesotho

If they played today

Japan at home

84% / 12% / 4%

Japan win / draw / Lesotho win

Japan–Lesotho

2–0 16.3%
3–0 14.2%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 9.3%
2–1 7.0%

Neutral venue

78% / 15% / 7%

Japan win / draw / Lesotho win

Japan–Lesotho

2–0 14.9%
1–0 12.4%
3–0 11.9%
2–1 8.4%
4–0 7.2%

Lesotho at home

72% / 18% / 10%

Japan win / draw / Lesotho win

Japan–Lesotho

2–0 13.4%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.8%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

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

	Japan	Lesotho
Current Elo	1973	1419
Elo rank	15th	143rd
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1509 (1970)
Matches played	794	296
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	54W 94D 148L
Goals for	1451	230
Goals against	915	466
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Japan and Lesotho have never played each other.