Head to head

Japan vs Serbia

If they played today

Japan at home

59% / 22% / 18%

Japan win / draw / Serbia win

Japan–Serbia

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

51% / 24% / 24%

Japan win / draw / Serbia win

Japan–Serbia

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 7.0%

Serbia at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Japan win / draw / Serbia win

Japan–Serbia

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

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	Serbia
Current Elo	1973	1792
Elo rank	15th	42nd
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1962 (1998)
Matches played	794	831
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	378W 187D 266L
Goals for	1451	1473
Goals against	915	1138
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs Venezuela · 1972-06-14 · Brazil Independence Cup
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs Czechoslovakia · 1925-10-28 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.56

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 4W 0D 4L

Goals

4–7

Japan first

First meeting

1–0

Japan won · 1996-05-26 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

1–0

Japan won · 2021-06-11 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Japan's biggest win

1–0

2021-06-11 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Serbia's biggest win

3–0

2010-04-07 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

Japan first · 4 times, last 2021-06-11

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2021-06-11

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-06-11	1–0	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2013-10-11	0–2	Serbia home	Friendly
2010-04-07	0–3	Japan home	Friendly
2004-07-13	1–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2001-07-04	1–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2001-01-23	0–1	Neutral	Millennium Cup
1998-06-03	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
1996-05-26	1–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup