Head to head

Japan vs Wales

If they played today

Japan at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Japan win / draw / Wales win

Japan–Wales

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.4%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

55% / 23% / 21%

Japan win / draw / Wales win

Japan–Wales

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Wales at home

47% / 25% / 27%

Japan win / draw / Wales win

Japan–Wales

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 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	Wales
Current Elo	1973	1743
Elo rank	15th	52nd
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1904 (2021)
Matches played	794	726
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	234W 165D 327L
Goals for	1451	910
Goals against	915	1160
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1888-03-03 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–9 vs Scotland · 1878-03-23 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 0W 0D 1L

Goals

0–1

Japan first

First meeting

0–1

Wales won · 1992-06-07 · Kirin Cup

Most recent

0–1

Wales won · 1992-06-07 · Kirin Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1992-06-07	0–1	Japan home	Kirin Cup