Head to head

Japan vs Venezuela

If they played today

Japan at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Japan win / draw / Venezuela win

Japan–Venezuela

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

49% / 25% / 26%

Japan win / draw / Venezuela win

Japan–Venezuela

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

Venezuela at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Japan win / draw / Venezuela win

Japan–Venezuela

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 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	Venezuela
Current Elo	1973	1823
Elo rank	15th	36th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1915 (2024)
Matches played	794	460
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	117W 101D 242L
Goals for	1451	483
Goals against	915	856
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	6–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-20 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–11 vs Argentina · 1975-08-10 · Copa América
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 0W 4D 1L

Goals

5–8

Japan first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2010-02-02 · Friendly

Most recent

1–4

Venezuela won · 2019-11-19 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Japan's biggest win

—

Never beaten Venezuela

Venezuela's biggest win

4–1

2019-11-19 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Most common result

1–1

Japan first · twice, last 2018-11-16

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Venezuela · since 2010-02-02

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-11-19	1–4	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2018-11-16	1–1	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2014-09-09	2–2	Japan home	Friendly
2012-08-15	1–1	Japan home	Friendly
2010-02-02	0–0	Japan home	Friendly