Head to head

Japan vs Malta

If they played today

Japan at home

87% / 10% / 3%

Japan win / draw / Malta win

Japan–Malta

2–0 17.2%
3–0 15.6%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 10.7%
2–1 6.0%

Neutral venue

82% / 13% / 5%

Japan win / draw / Malta win

Japan–Malta

2–0 15.8%
3–0 13.3%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 8.4%
2–1 7.6%

Malta at home

76% / 16% / 8%

Japan win / draw / Malta win

Japan–Malta

2–0 14.3%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.1%
2–1 8.8%
1–1 7.5%

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	Malta
Current Elo	1973	1358
Elo rank	15th	155th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1513 (1960)
Matches played	794	458
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	65W 78D 315L
Goals for	1451	298
Goals against	915	1027
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 1W 0D 0L

Goals

1–0

Japan first

First meeting

1–0

Japan won · 2006-06-04 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Japan won · 2006-06-04 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2006-06-04	1–0	Neutral	Friendly