Head to head

Japan vs Poland

If they played today

Japan at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Japan win / draw / Poland win

Japan–Poland

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.8%

Neutral venue

53% / 24% / 23%

Japan win / draw / Poland win

Japan–Poland

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

Poland at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Japan win / draw / Poland win

Japan–Poland

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

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	Poland
Current Elo	1973	1779
Elo rank	15th	44th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1937 (1975)
Matches played	794	892
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	384W 225D 283L
Goals for	1451	1499
Goals against	915	1201
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs San Marino · 2009-04-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–8 vs Denmark · 1948-06-26 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.24

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 0D 1L

Goals

7–1

Japan first

First meeting

5–0

Japan won · 1996-02-19 · Lunar New Year Cup

Most recent

0–1

Poland won · 2018-06-28 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

5–0

1996-02-19 · Lunar New Year Cup

Poland's biggest win

1–0

2018-06-28 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

Poland · since 2018-06-28

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-06-28	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2002-03-27	2–0	Poland home	Friendly
1996-02-19	5–0	Neutral	Lunar New Year Cup