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Head to head

Japan vs Nicaragua

If they played today

Japan at home
80% / 14% / 6%
Japan win / draw / Nicaragua win
Japan–Nicaragua
  • 2–0 15.3%
  • 3–0 12.6%
  • 1–0 12.4%
  • 2–1 8.0%
  • 4–0 7.7%
Neutral venue
74% / 17% / 9%
Japan win / draw / Nicaragua win
Japan–Nicaragua
  • 2–0 13.8%
  • 1–0 12.2%
  • 3–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 1–1 8.0%
Nicaragua at home
67% / 20% / 13%
Japan win / draw / Nicaragua win
Japan–Nicaragua
  • 2–0 12.3%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 1–1 9.4%
  • 3–0 8.4%

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

 JapanNicaragua
Current Elo19731491
Elo rank15th115th
Peak Elo2012 (2026)1539 (2024)
Matches played794222
All-time record391W 167D 236L51W 27D 144L
Goals for1451234
Goals against915534
Biggest win14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.160.00

When they've met

Japan and Nicaragua have never played each other.