Head to head

Japan vs Portugal

If they played today

Japan at home

39% / 26% / 35%

Japan win / draw / Portugal win

Japan–Portugal

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.3%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 7.9%

Neutral venue

31% / 26% / 43%

Japan win / draw / Portugal win

Japan–Portugal

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.5%

Portugal at home

24% / 24% / 51%

Japan win / draw / Portugal win

Japan–Portugal

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.0%

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	Portugal
Current Elo	1973	2051
Elo rank	15th	7th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	2095 (2022)
Matches played	794	700
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	351W 161D 188L
Goals for	1451	1235
Goals against	915	781
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	9–0 vs Luxembourg · 2023-09-11 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–10 vs England · 1947-05-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.36

When they've met

Japan and Portugal have never played each other.