Head to head

Japan vs Spain

If they played today

Japan at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Japan win / draw / Spain win

Japan–Spain

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 65%

Japan win / draw / Spain win

Japan–Spain

0–2 11.8%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
0–3 7.9%

Spain at home

10% / 18% / 72%

Japan win / draw / Spain win

Japan–Spain

0–2 13.3%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.8%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.5%

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	Spain
Current Elo	1973	2324
Elo rank	15th	1st
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	2324 (2026)
Matches played	794	791
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	468W 183D 140L
Goals for	1451	1616
Goals against	915	704
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	13–0 vs Bulgaria · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	1–7 vs England · 1931-12-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.16	1.28

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 1W 0D 1L

Goals

2–2

Japan first

First meeting

0–1

Spain won · 2001-04-25 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

Japan won · 2022-12-01 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

2–1

2022-12-01 · FIFA World Cup

Spain's biggest win

1–0

2001-04-25 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2022-12-01

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-12-01	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2001-04-25	0–1	Spain home	Friendly