Head to head

Japan vs Taiwan

If they played today

Japan at home

96% / 4% / 0%

Japan win / draw / Taiwan win

Japan–Taiwan

3–0 21.0%
2–0 18.9%
4–0 17.4%
5–0 11.6%
1–0 11.3%

Neutral venue

95% / 5% / 0%

Japan win / draw / Taiwan win

Japan–Taiwan

3–0 20.6%
2–0 19.8%
4–0 16.1%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 10.1%

Taiwan at home

91% / 7% / 1%

Japan win / draw / Taiwan win

Japan–Taiwan

2–0 18.5%
3–0 18.1%
4–0 13.2%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 7.8%

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

	Japan	Taiwan
Current Elo	1973	1058
Elo rank	15th	197th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1687 (1960)
Matches played	794	245
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	68W 32D 145L
Goals for	1451	320
Goals against	915	614
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs Guam · 2007-06-17 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–10 vs Kuwait · 2006-11-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	4	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.47	0.40

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 0D 2L

Goals

8–10

Japan first

First meeting

0–2

Taiwan won · 1963-08-15 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

3–2

Japan won · 1970-08-16 · Merdeka Tournament

Japan's biggest win

5–2

1966-08-20 · Merdeka Tournament

Taiwan's biggest win

4–0

1965-08-18 · Merdeka Tournament

Current run

Won last 2

Japan · since 1966-08-20

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1970-08-16	3–2	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament
1966-08-20	5–2	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament
1965-08-18	0–4	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament
1963-08-15	0–2	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament