Head to head

Japan vs Netherlands

If they played today

Japan at home

39% / 26% / 35%

Japan win / draw / Netherlands win

Japan–Netherlands

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.3%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 7.9%

Neutral venue

31% / 26% / 43%

Japan win / draw / Netherlands win

Japan–Netherlands

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
0–2 7.4%

Netherlands at home

25% / 24% / 51%

Japan win / draw / Netherlands win

Japan–Netherlands

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.1%

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	Netherlands
Current Elo	1973	2048
Elo rank	15th	8th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	2198 (2014)
Matches played	794	883
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	455W 200D 228L
Goals for	1451	1852
Goals against	915	1081
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–0 vs San Marino · 2011-09-02 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs Germany · 1959-10-21 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.83

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 0W 2D 2L

Goals

4–8

Japan first

First meeting

0–3

Netherlands won · 2009-09-05 · Friendly

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2026-06-14 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

—

Never beaten Netherlands

Netherlands' biggest win

3–0

2009-09-05 · Friendly

Most common result

2–2

Japan first · twice, last 2026-06-14

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Netherlands · since 2009-09-05

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-14	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2013-11-16	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
2010-06-19	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2009-09-05	0–3	Netherlands home	Friendly