Head to head

Japan vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Japan at home

62% / 22% / 17%

Japan win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Japan–Republic of Ireland

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Japan win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Japan–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.6%

Republic of Ireland at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Japan win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Japan–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 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	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1973	1762
Elo rank	15th	48th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	794	633
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	1451	858
Goals against	915	769
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.09

When they've met

Japan and Republic of Ireland have never played each other.