Head to head

Algeria vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

Algeria at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Algeria win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Algeria–United Arab Emirates

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.8%

Neutral venue

52% / 24% / 23%

Algeria win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Algeria–United Arab Emirates

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

United Arab Emirates at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Algeria win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Algeria–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 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

	Algeria	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1859	1666
Elo rank	29th	74th
Peak Elo	1908 (2022)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	621	612
All-time record	289W 163D 169L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	958	867
Goals against	622	760
Biggest win	15–1 vs Yemen · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–5 vs German DR · 1976-04-21 · Friendly	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Algeria 3W 3D 0L

Goals

6–2

Algeria first

First meeting

2–0

Algeria won · 1973-08-13 · Palestine Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2025-12-12 · Arab Cup

Algeria's biggest win

2–0

1973-08-13 · Palestine Cup

United Arab Emirates' biggest win

—

Never beaten Algeria

Most common result

1–1

Algeria first · twice, last 2025-12-12

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Algeria · since 1973-08-13

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-12-12	1–1	Neutral	Arab Cup
2010-06-05	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2008-08-20	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
1992-11-24	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
1988-11-24	1–1	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly
1973-08-13	2–0	Neutral	Palestine Cup