Head to head

Japan vs Russia

If they played today

Japan at home

55% / 23% / 21%

Japan win / draw / Russia win

Japan–Russia

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.2%
2–0 9.8%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

47% / 25% / 28%

Japan win / draw / Russia win

Japan–Russia

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 7.7%

Russia at home

39% / 26% / 35%

Japan win / draw / Russia win

Japan–Russia

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 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	Russia
Current Elo	1973	1845
Elo rank	15th	31st
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	794	749
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	1451	1301
Goals against	915	735
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.73

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 1W 0D 3L

Goals

3–11

Japan first

First meeting

1–4

Russia won · 1978-11-19 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Japan won · 2002-06-09 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

1–0

2002-06-09 · FIFA World Cup

Russia's biggest win

4–1

1978-11-23 · Friendly

Most common result

1–4

Japan first · twice, last 1978-11-23

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2002-06-09

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-06-09	1–0	Japan home	FIFA World Cup
1978-11-26	0–3	Japan home	Friendly
1978-11-23	1–4	Japan home	Friendly
1978-11-19	1–4	Japan home	Friendly