Head to head

Japan vs Scotland

If they played today

Japan at home

58% / 23% / 20%

Japan win / draw / Scotland win

Japan–Scotland

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

50% / 25% / 26%

Japan win / draw / Scotland win

Japan–Scotland

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.7%
0–1 7.3%

Scotland at home

41% / 26% / 32%

Japan win / draw / Scotland win

Japan–Scotland

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

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	Scotland
Current Elo	1973	1815
Elo rank	15th	37th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1875 (2023)
Matches played	794	854
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	403W 182D 269L
Goals for	1451	1455
Goals against	915	1054
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 2D 0L

Goals

3–0

Japan first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1995-05-21 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

1–0

Japan won · 2026-03-28 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

2–0

2009-10-10 · Friendly

Scotland's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Most common result

0–0

Japan first · twice, last 2006-05-13

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Japan · since 1995-05-21

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-03-28	1–0	Scotland home	Friendly
2009-10-10	2–0	Japan home	Friendly
2006-05-13	0–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup
1995-05-21	0–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup