Head to head

Japan vs Niger

If they played today

Japan at home

80% / 14% / 6%

Japan win / draw / Niger win

Japan–Niger

2–0 15.2%
1–0 12.4%
3–0 12.4%
2–1 8.1%
4–0 7.6%

Neutral venue

73% / 17% / 10%

Japan win / draw / Niger win

Japan–Niger

2–0 13.7%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.2%
2–1 9.1%
1–1 8.1%

Niger at home

66% / 20% / 14%

Japan win / draw / Niger win

Japan–Niger

2–0 12.1%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.5%
3–0 8.3%

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	Niger
Current Elo	1973	1500
Elo rank	15th	110th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1532 (2025)
Matches played	794	260
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	61W 62D 137L
Goals for	1451	256
Goals against	915	423
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	1–9 vs Ghana · 1969-09-21 · African Cup of Nations qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Japan and Niger have never played each other.