Head to head

Japan vs Mauritania

If they played today

Japan at home
83% / 13% / 5%
Japan win / draw / Mauritania win
Japan–Mauritania
  • 2–0 16.0%
  • 3–0 13.6%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.4%
Neutral venue
77% / 16% / 8%
Japan win / draw / Mauritania win
Japan–Mauritania
  • 2–0 14.5%
  • 1–0 12.3%
  • 3–0 11.4%
  • 2–1 8.6%
  • 1–1 7.3%
Mauritania at home
70% / 18% / 11%
Japan win / draw / Mauritania win
Japan–Mauritania
  • 2–0 13.0%
  • 1–0 12.0%
  • 2–1 9.5%
  • 3–0 9.3%
  • 1–1 8.8%

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

 JapanMauritania
Current Elo19731445
Elo rank15th130th
Peak Elo2012 (2026)1530 (2023)
Matches played794273
All-time record391W 167D 236L52W 71D 150L
Goals for1451198
Goals against915434
Biggest win14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification
Biggest loss2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.160.00

When they've met

Japan and Mauritania have never played each other.