Head to head

Japan vs Romania

If they played today

Japan at home

66% / 20% / 14%

Japan win / draw / Romania win

Japan–Romania

2–0 12.1%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.5%
3–0 8.3%

Neutral venue

59% / 22% / 19%

Japan win / draw / Romania win

Japan–Romania

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
2–0 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.5%

Romania at home

51% / 24% / 25%

Japan win / draw / Romania win

Japan–Romania

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.0%
0–1 7.1%

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	Romania
Current Elo	1973	1699
Elo rank	15th	64th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1934 (2007)
Matches played	794	766
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	335W 195D 236L
Goals for	1451	1239
Goals against	915	977
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	9–0 vs Finland · 1973-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–9 vs Hungary · 1948-06-06 · Balkan Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 0W 1D 0L

Goals

1–1

Japan first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2003-10-11 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2003-10-11 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-10-11	1–1	Romania home	Friendly