Head to head

Japan vs Ukraine

If they played today

Japan at home

55% / 24% / 21%

Japan win / draw / Ukraine win

Japan–Ukraine

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.2%
2–0 9.8%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

47% / 25% / 28%

Japan win / draw / Ukraine win

Japan–Ukraine

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.2%
0–1 7.7%

Ukraine at home

39% / 26% / 35%

Japan win / draw / Ukraine win

Japan–Ukraine

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 7.9%

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	Ukraine
Current Elo	1973	1847
Elo rank	15th	30th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1921 (2024)
Matches played	794	338
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	152W 94D 92L
Goals for	1451	475
Goals against	915	358
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	9–0 vs San Marino · 2013-09-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	1–7 vs France · 2020-10-07 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 1W 0D 2L

Goals

2–3

Japan first

First meeting

1–0

Japan won · 2002-03-21 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Ukraine won · 2018-03-27 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

1–0

2002-03-21 · Friendly

Ukraine's biggest win

2–1

2018-03-27 · Friendly

Current run

Won last 2

Ukraine · since 2005-10-12

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-03-27	1–2	Neutral	Friendly
2005-10-12	0–1	Ukraine home	Friendly
2002-03-21	1–0	Japan home	Friendly