Head to head

Japan vs Maldives

If they played today

Japan at home

96% / 4% / 0%

Japan win / draw / Maldives win

Japan–Maldives

3–0 20.7%
2–0 18.0%
4–0 17.8%
5–0 12.3%
1–0 10.4%

Neutral venue

95% / 4% / 0%

Japan win / draw / Maldives win

Japan–Maldives

3–0 21.1%
2–0 19.5%
4–0 17.2%
1–0 12.0%
5–0 11.2%

Maldives at home

93% / 6% / 1%

Japan win / draw / Maldives win

Japan–Maldives

3–0 19.6%
2–0 19.3%
4–0 15.0%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 9.1%

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	Maldives
Current Elo	1973	997
Elo rank	15th	205th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1450 (1979)
Matches played	794	233
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	63W 38D 132L
Goals for	1451	277
Goals against	915	526
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	12–0 vs Mongolia · 2003-12-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–17 vs Iran · 1997-06-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	4	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.47	0.00

When they've met

Japan and Maldives have never played each other.