Head to head

Japan vs North Korea

If they played today

Japan at home

80% / 14% / 6%

Japan win / draw / North Korea win

Japan–North Korea

2–0 15.3%
3–0 12.5%
1–0 12.4%
2–1 8.1%
4–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

74% / 17% / 9%

Japan win / draw / North Korea win

Japan–North Korea

2–0 13.8%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
1–1 8.1%

North Korea at home

67% / 20% / 13%

Japan win / draw / North Korea win

Japan–North Korea

2–0 12.2%
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

	Japan	North Korea
Current Elo	1973	1494
Elo rank	15th	114th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	794	390
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	1451	628
Goals against	915	435
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.03
AFC Asian Cups won	4	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.47	0.35

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 9W 4D 7L

Goals

20–14

Japan first

First meeting

0–1

North Korea won · 1975-06-17 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Most recent

1–0

Japan won · 2024-03-21 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Japan's biggest win

4–1

1992-08-26 · Dynasty Cup

North Korea's biggest win

2–0

1989-06-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–1

Japan first · 5 times, last 2011-11-15

Current run

Won last 2

Japan · since 2017-12-09

20 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-03-21	1–0	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-12-09	1–0	Japan home	EAFF Championship
2015-08-02	1–2	Neutral	EAFF Championship
2011-11-15	0–1	North Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2011-09-02	1–0	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-02-17	1–1	Neutral	EAFF Championship
2005-07-31	0–1	Neutral	EAFF Championship
2005-06-08	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2005-02-09	2–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-10-21	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-11-01	1–1	Japan home	AFC Asian Cup
1992-08-26	4–1	Neutral	Dynasty Cup
1990-07-31	0–1	Neutral	Dynasty Cup
1989-06-25	0–2	North Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-06-04	2–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1985-04-30	0–0	North Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1985-03-21	1–0	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-12-30	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1979-08-23	0–0	North Korea home	Friendly
1975-06-17	0–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup qualification