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Japan

A run of consecutive matches without a draw.
21
non-draws in a row
28 Mar 2023 → 10 Oct 2024
Was this a feat, or a coincidence? how this is worked out ›
Draws the model expected 3.1 across these 21 fixtures, one chance each
A flat league rate expected 5.1 the same question, asked without knowing the fixtures
Chance of no draw at all 1 in 30 for this run alone — and that overstates it
Runs this long, expected anywhere 482.33 across every run in the database

Each match gets its own draw chance from the five-feature logistic draw model, recalibrated by its isotonic map, and the run's own probability is those chances multiplied — the Poisson-binomial reading. A binomial at the run's average chance would have called it 1.08× more likely, which is the direction that error always goes. The last tile is the figure to quote: a run picked out because it is long is not a coincidence you get to be surprised by — why that is, and what the same question says about every other record here. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Matches in this run
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
the draw before the run
24 Mar 2023 Japan 1–1 Uruguay D ITL · Friendly
28 Mar 2023 Japan 1–2 Colombia A ITL · Friendly
15 Jun 2023 Japan 6–0 El Salvador H ITL · Friendly
20 Jun 2023 Japan 4–1 Peru H ITL · Friendly
09 Sep 2023 Germany 1–4 Japan A ITL · Friendly
12 Sep 2023 Japan 4–2 Turkey H ITL · Friendly
13 Oct 2023 Japan 4–1 Canada H ITL · Friendly
16 Nov 2023 Japan 5–0 Myanmar H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
21 Nov 2023 Syria 0–5 Japan A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
01 Jan 2024 Japan 5–0 Thailand H ITL · Friendly
09 Jan 2024 Japan 6–1 Jordan H ITL · Friendly
14 Jan 2024 Japan 4–2 Vietnam H ITL · AFC Asian Cup
19 Jan 2024 Iraq 2–1 Japan H ITL · AFC Asian Cup
24 Jan 2024 Japan 3–1 Indonesia H ITL · AFC Asian Cup
31 Jan 2024 Bahrain 1–3 Japan A ITL · AFC Asian Cup
03 Feb 2024 Iran 2–1 Japan H ITL · AFC Asian Cup
21 Mar 2024 Japan 1–0 North Korea H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
06 Jun 2024 Myanmar 0–5 Japan A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
11 Jun 2024 Japan 5–0 Syria H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
05 Sep 2024 Japan 7–0 China PR H ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
10 Sep 2024 Bahrain 0–5 Japan A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
10 Oct 2024 Saudi Arabia 0–2 Japan A ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
the draw that ended it
15 Oct 2024 Japan 1–1 Australia D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification