Head to head

Japan vs Qatar

If they played today

Japan at home

77% / 16% / 8%

Japan win / draw / Qatar win

Japan–Qatar

2–0 14.5%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.4%
2–1 8.6%
1–1 7.3%

Neutral venue

70% / 18% / 11%

Japan win / draw / Qatar win

Japan–Qatar

2–0 13.0%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.5%
3–0 9.4%
1–1 8.8%

Qatar at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Japan win / draw / Qatar win

Japan–Qatar

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.4%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 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	Qatar
Current Elo	1973	1543
Elo rank	15th	95th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1881 (2019)
Matches played	794	638
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	260W 156D 222L
Goals for	1451	897
Goals against	915	777
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	15–0 vs Bhutan · 2015-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–9 vs Kuwait · 1973-04-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.01
AFC Asian Cups won	4	2
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.47	0.55

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 4D 2L

Goals

11–12

Japan first

First meeting

0–3

Qatar won · 1988-12-12 · AFC Asian Cup

Most recent

1–3

Qatar won · 2019-02-01 · AFC Asian Cup

Japan's biggest win

3–0

2008-11-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Qatar's biggest win

3–0

1988-12-12 · AFC Asian Cup

Most common result

1–1

Japan first · 4 times, last 2009-06-10

Current run

Won the last meeting

Qatar · since 2019-02-01

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-02-01	1–3	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2011-01-21	3–2	Qatar home	AFC Asian Cup
2009-06-10	1–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-11-19	3–0	Qatar home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2007-07-09	1–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2000-10-20	1–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1994-10-05	1–1	Japan home	Asian Games
1988-12-12	0–3	Qatar home	AFC Asian Cup