Head to head

Japan vs Senegal

If they played today

Japan at home

52% / 24% / 23%

Japan win / draw / Senegal win

Japan–Senegal

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

Neutral venue

44% / 26% / 30%

Japan win / draw / Senegal win

Japan–Senegal

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

Senegal at home

36% / 26% / 37%

Japan win / draw / Senegal win

Japan–Senegal

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

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	Senegal
Current Elo	1973	1881
Elo rank	15th	27th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1953 (2026)
Matches played	794	642
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	299W 169D 174L
Goals for	1451	892
Goals against	915	608
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Kenya · 2025-11-18 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–5 vs Guinea · 1966-03-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 0W 2D 2L

Goals

4–7

Japan first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1987-05-27 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2018-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

—

Never beaten Senegal

Senegal's biggest win

2–0

2001-10-04 · Friendly

Most common result

2–2

Japan first · twice, last 2018-06-24

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Senegal · since 1987-05-27

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-06-24	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2003-09-10	0–1	Japan home	Friendly
2001-10-04	0–2	Neutral	Friendly
1987-05-27	2–2	Japan home	Kirin Cup