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Head to head

Japan vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Japan at home
69% / 19% / 12%
Japan win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Japan–Northern Ireland
  • 2–0 12.6%
  • 1–0 12.0%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.1%
  • 3–0 8.9%
Neutral venue
61% / 22% / 17%
Japan win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Japan–Northern Ireland
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.1%
  • 1–1 10.3%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.1%
Northern Ireland at home
53% / 24% / 23%
Japan win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Japan–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 11.4%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.5%
  • 0–1 6.6%

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

 JapanNorthern Ireland
Current Elo19731667
Elo rank15th73rd
Peak Elo2012 (2026)1758 (1986)
Matches played794707
All-time record391W 167D 236L185W 160D 362L
Goals for1451741
Goals against9151296
Biggest win14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.160.04

When they've met

Japan and Northern Ireland have never played each other.