Head to head

Japan vs Zimbabwe

If they played today

Japan at home

81% / 14% / 6%

Japan win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Japan–Zimbabwe

2–0 15.5%
3–0 12.9%
1–0 12.4%
4–0 8.0%
2–1 7.8%

Neutral venue

75% / 16% / 9%

Japan win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Japan–Zimbabwe

2–0 14.0%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.7%
2–1 8.9%
1–1 7.8%

Zimbabwe at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Japan win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Japan–Zimbabwe

2–0 12.5%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
3–0 8.7%

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	Zimbabwe
Current Elo	1973	1476
Elo rank	15th	118th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1672 (2005)
Matches played	794	496
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	190W 139D 167L
Goals for	1451	660
Goals against	915	591
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–0 vs Botswana · 1990-08-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs South Africa · 1977-04-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.00

When they've met

Japan and Zimbabwe have never played each other.