Head to head

Japan vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Japan at home

66% / 20% / 14%

Japan win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Japan–Saudi Arabia

2–0 12.0%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.6%
3–0 8.2%

Neutral venue

58% / 23% / 19%

Japan win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Japan–Saudi Arabia

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.4%

Saudi Arabia at home

50% / 25% / 25%

Japan win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Japan–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 8.9%
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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1973	1705
Elo rank	15th	62nd
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	794	744
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	1451	1139
Goals against	915	782
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.04
AFC Asian Cups won	4	3
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.47	0.90

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 11W 2D 5L

Goals

27–13

Japan first

First meeting

0–2

Saudi Arabia won · 1990-09-28 · Asian Games

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Japan's biggest win

5–0

2011-01-17 · AFC Asian Cup

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

2–0

1990-09-28 · Asian Games

Most common result

0–1

Japan first · 3 times, last 2021-10-07

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Japan · since 2022-02-01

18 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-25	0–0	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-10-10	2–0	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2022-02-01	2–0	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-10-07	0–1	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-01-21	1–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2017-09-05	0–1	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-11-15	2–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2011-01-17	5–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2007-07-25	2–3	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2006-11-15	3–1	Japan home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2006-09-03	0–1	Saudi Arabia home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2000-10-29	1–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2000-10-14	4–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1995-10-28	2–1	Japan home	Friendly
1995-10-24	2–1	Japan home	Friendly
1993-10-15	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-11-08	1–0	Japan home	AFC Asian Cup
1990-09-28	0–2	Neutral	Asian Games