Head to head

Japan vs Vanuatu

If they played today

Japan at home

83% / 12% / 4%

Japan win / draw / Vanuatu win

Japan–Vanuatu

2–0 16.2%
3–0 13.9%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 9.0%
2–1 7.2%

Neutral venue

78% / 15% / 7%

Japan win / draw / Vanuatu win

Japan–Vanuatu

2–0 14.7%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.7%
2–1 8.5%
1–1 7.1%

Vanuatu at home

71% / 18% / 11%

Japan win / draw / Vanuatu win

Japan–Vanuatu

2–0 13.2%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.6%
2–1 9.4%
1–1 8.6%

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	Vanuatu
Current Elo	1973	1430
Elo rank	15th	140th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1609 (2004)
Matches played	794	214
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	69W 29D 116L
Goals for	1451	403
Goals against	915	460
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	18–0 vs Kiribati · 2003-07-07 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–9 vs New Zealand · 1951-10-04 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Japan and Vanuatu have never played each other.