Head to head

Japan vs Uruguay

If they played today

Japan at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Japan win / draw / Uruguay win

Japan–Uruguay

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Japan win / draw / Uruguay win

Japan–Uruguay

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

Uruguay at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Japan win / draw / Uruguay win

Japan–Uruguay

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

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	Uruguay
Current Elo	1973	1925
Elo rank	15th	18th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	2104 (2024)
Matches played	794	973
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	428W 242D 303L
Goals for	1451	1537
Goals against	915	1182
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	9–0 vs Bolivia · 1927-11-06 · Copa América
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–6 vs Argentina · 1902-07-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.84

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 2W 3D 4L

Goals

18–24

Japan first

First meeting

1–4

Uruguay won · 1985-05-26 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2023-03-24 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

5–3

1996-08-25 · Friendly

Uruguay's biggest win

4–1

1985-05-26 · Kirin Cup

Most common result

2–2

Japan first · twice, last 2019-06-20

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Japan · since 2018-10-16

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-03-24	1–1	Japan home	Friendly
2019-06-20	2–2	Neutral	Copa América
2018-10-16	4–3	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2014-09-05	0–2	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2013-08-14	2–4	Japan home	Friendly
2008-08-20	1–3	Japan home	Friendly
2003-03-28	2–2	Japan home	Friendly
1996-08-25	5–3	Japan home	Friendly
1985-05-26	1–4	Japan home	Kirin Cup