Head to head

Japan vs Norway

If they played today

Japan at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Japan win / draw / Norway win

Japan–Norway

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

Neutral venue

34% / 26% / 40%

Japan win / draw / Norway win

Japan–Norway

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.0%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.7%

Norway at home

27% / 25% / 48%

Japan win / draw / Norway win

Japan–Norway

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.5%
1–0 7.5%

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	Norway
Current Elo	1973	2014
Elo rank	15th	11th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	2034 (2026)
Matches played	794	878
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	332W 196D 350L
Goals for	1451	1364
Goals against	915	1427
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	12–0 vs Finland · 1946-06-28 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–12 vs Denmark · 1917-10-07 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.11

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 0W 0D 1L

Goals

0–3

Japan first

First meeting

0–3

Norway won · 2002-05-14 · Friendly

Most recent

0–3

Norway won · 2002-05-14 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-05-14	0–3	Norway home	Friendly