Head to head

Japan vs Sierra Leone

If they played today

Japan at home
81% / 13% / 5%
Japan win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Japan–Sierra Leone
  • 2–0 15.6%
  • 3–0 13.0%
  • 1–0 12.4%
  • 4–0 8.1%
  • 2–1 7.8%
Neutral venue
75% / 16% / 9%
Japan win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Japan–Sierra Leone
  • 2–0 14.1%
  • 1–0 12.2%
  • 3–0 10.8%
  • 2–1 8.9%
  • 1–1 7.7%
Sierra Leone at home
68% / 19% / 12%
Japan win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Japan–Sierra Leone
  • 2–0 12.6%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.1%
  • 3–0 8.8%

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

 JapanSierra Leone
Current Elo19731472
Elo rank15th122nd
Peak Elo2012 (2026)1654 (1996)
Matches played794301
All-time record391W 167D 236L91W 78D 132L
Goals for1451290
Goals against915415
Biggest win14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.160.00

When they've met

Japan and Sierra Leone have never played each other.