Head to head

Japan vs Panama

If they played today

Japan at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Japan win / draw / Panama win

Japan–Panama

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.0%

Neutral venue

53% / 24% / 23%

Japan win / draw / Panama win

Japan–Panama

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

Panama at home

45% / 26% / 29%

Japan win / draw / Panama win

Japan–Panama

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.9%

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	Panama
Current Elo	1973	1770
Elo rank	15th	47th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1891 (2025)
Matches played	794	542
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	183W 133D 226L
Goals for	1451	679
Goals against	915	826
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	13–0 vs Anguilla · 2021-06-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–11 vs Costa Rica · 1938-02-16 · Central American and Caribbean Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 0D 0L

Goals

4–0

Japan first

First meeting

3–0

Japan won · 2018-10-12 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Most recent

1–0

Japan won · 2020-11-13 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

3–0

2018-10-12 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Panama's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Current run

Won last 2

Japan · since 2018-10-12

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2020-11-13	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2018-10-12	3–0	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup