Head to head

Japan vs New Zealand

If they played today

Japan at home

67% / 20% / 13%

Japan win / draw / New Zealand win

Japan–New Zealand

2–0 12.3%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
3–0 8.5%

Neutral venue

60% / 22% / 18%

Japan win / draw / New Zealand win

Japan–New Zealand

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

New Zealand at home

52% / 24% / 24%

Japan win / draw / New Zealand win

Japan–New Zealand

1–1 11.6%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 6.9%

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	New Zealand
Current Elo	1973	1689
Elo rank	15th	68th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	794	419
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	1451	733
Goals against	915	634
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 3W 0D 1L

Goals

9–4

Japan first

First meeting

0–1

New Zealand won · 1981-09-12 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

2–1

Japan won · 2017-10-06 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Japan's biggest win

3–0

2003-06-18 · Confederations Cup

New Zealand's biggest win

1–0

1981-09-12 · Merdeka Tournament

Current run

Won last 3

Japan · since 2003-06-18

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2017-10-06	2–1	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2014-03-05	4–2	Japan home	Friendly
2003-06-18	3–0	Neutral	Confederations Cup
1981-09-12	0–1	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament