Head to head

Japan vs Slovakia

If they played today

Japan at home

64% / 21% / 15%

Japan win / draw / Slovakia win

Japan–Slovakia

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.6%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.6%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 21%

Japan win / draw / Slovakia win

Japan–Slovakia

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Slovakia at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Japan win / draw / Slovakia win

Japan–Slovakia

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 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	Slovakia
Current Elo	1973	1734
Elo rank	15th	54th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1815 (2017)
Matches played	794	367
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	149W 86D 132L
Goals for	1451	518
Goals against	915	458
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–0 vs San Marino · 2009-06-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–6 vs Germany · 2025-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 1D 0L

Goals

5–2

Japan first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2000-06-11 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

3–1

Japan won · 2004-07-09 · Kirin Cup

Japan's biggest win

3–1

2004-07-09 · Kirin Cup

Slovakia's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Japan · since 2000-06-11

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2004-07-09	3–1	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2002-04-29	1–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2000-06-11	1–1	Japan home	Kirin Cup