Head to head

Japan vs Yemen

If they played today

Japan at home

89% / 9% / 2%

Japan win / draw / Yemen win

Japan–Yemen

2–0 17.9%
3–0 16.9%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 12.0%
5–0 6.8%

Neutral venue

85% / 11% / 4%

Japan win / draw / Yemen win

Japan–Yemen

2–0 16.5%
3–0 14.5%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 9.5%
2–1 6.8%

Yemen at home

79% / 14% / 6%

Japan win / draw / Yemen win

Japan–Yemen

2–0 15.1%
1–0 12.4%
3–0 12.2%
2–1 8.2%
4–0 7.4%

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	Yemen
Current Elo	1973	1306
Elo rank	15th	168th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1473 (1966)
Matches played	794	266
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	53W 54D 159L
Goals for	1451	259
Goals against	915	577
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–2 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-18 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	1–15 vs Algeria · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	4	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.47	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 4W 0D 0L

Goals

8–3

Japan first

First meeting

2–0

Japan won · 2006-08-16 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Most recent

3–2

Japan won · 2010-01-06 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Japan's biggest win

2–0

2006-08-16 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Yemen's biggest win

—

Never beaten Japan

Current run

Won last 4

Japan · since 2006-08-16

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-01-06	3–2	Yemen home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2009-01-20	2–1	Japan home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2006-09-06	1–0	Yemen home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2006-08-16	2–0	Japan home	AFC Asian Cup qualification