Head to head

Japan vs Turkey

If they played today

Japan at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Japan win / draw / Turkey win

Japan–Turkey

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Japan win / draw / Turkey win

Japan–Turkey

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.8%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

Turkey at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Japan win / draw / Turkey win

Japan–Turkey

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.7%

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	Turkey
Current Elo	1973	1920
Elo rank	15th	20th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1965 (2026)
Matches played	794	645
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	260W 152D 233L
Goals for	1451	902
Goals against	915	909
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–0 vs San Marino · 1996-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–8 vs England · 1987-10-14 · UEFA Euro qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 0D 1L

Goals

5–3

Japan first

First meeting

1–0

Japan won · 1997-06-15 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

4–2

Japan won · 2023-09-12 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

4–2

2023-09-12 · Friendly

Turkey's biggest win

1–0

2002-06-18 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

Japan · since 2023-09-12

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-09-12	4–2	Neutral	Friendly
2002-06-18	0–1	Japan home	FIFA World Cup
1997-06-15	1–0	Japan home	Kirin Cup