Head to head

Algeria vs Iraq

If they played today

Algeria at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Algeria win / draw / Iraq win

Algeria–Iraq

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.8%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

52% / 24% / 24%

Algeria win / draw / Iraq win

Algeria–Iraq

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.2%
0–1 6.9%

Iraq at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Algeria win / draw / Iraq win

Algeria–Iraq

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 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

	Algeria	Iraq
Current Elo	1859	1673
Elo rank	29th	72nd
Peak Elo	1908 (2022)	1844 (1984)
Matches played	621	658
All-time record	289W 163D 169L	304W 188D 166L
Goals for	958	1006
Goals against	622	621
Biggest win	15–1 vs Yemen · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup	13–0 vs Ethiopia · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament
Biggest loss	0–5 vs German DR · 1976-04-21 · Friendly	0–6 vs Chile · 2013-08-14 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Algeria 1W 4D 3L

Goals

4–8

Algeria first

First meeting

1–3

Iraq won · 1972-01-12 · Palestine Cup

Most recent

2–0

Algeria won · 2025-12-09 · Arab Cup

Algeria's biggest win

2–0

2025-12-09 · Arab Cup

Iraq's biggest win

3–0

1978-02-21 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

Algeria first · 3 times, last 1978-07-04

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Algeria · since 1978-07-02

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-12-09	2–0	Neutral	Arab Cup
1978-07-04	0–0	Algeria home	Friendly
1978-07-02	1–1	Algeria home	Friendly
1978-02-23	0–1	Iraq home	Friendly
1978-02-21	0–3	Iraq home	Friendly
1973-08-25	0–0	Neutral	Palestine Cup
1973-08-15	0–0	Neutral	Palestine Cup
1972-01-12	1–3	Iraq home	Palestine Cup