Head to head

Australia vs China

If they played today

Australia at home

72% / 18% / 10%

Australia win / draw / China win

Australia–China

2–0 13.4%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.9%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

Neutral venue

65% / 20% / 15%

Australia win / draw / China win

Australia–China

2–0 11.8%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.7%
3–0 7.9%

China at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Australia win / draw / China win

Australia–China

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Australia	China
Current Elo	1908	1553
Elo rank	22nd	93rd
Peak Elo	1969 (1997)	1839 (2001)
Matches played	585	702
All-time record	297W 125D 163L	339W 154D 209L
Goals for	1170	1285
Goals against	622	768
Biggest win	31–0 vs American Samoa · 2001-04-11 · FIFA World Cup qualification	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–8 vs South Africa · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.01
AFC Asian Cups won	1	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.75	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Australia 8W 2D 4L

Goals

25–12

Australia first

First meeting

1–0

Australia won · 1975-08-06 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Australia won · 2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Australia's biggest win

3–0

2021-09-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification

China's biggest win

4–3

2013-07-28 · EAFF Championship

Most common result

2–0

Australia first · 4 times, last 2025-03-25

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Australia · since 2015-01-22

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-25	2–0	China home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-10-10	3–1	Australia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-11-16	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-09-02	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-01-22	2–0	Australia home	AFC Asian Cup
2013-07-28	3–4	Neutral	EAFF Championship
2008-06-22	0–1	Australia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-03-26	0–0	China home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2007-03-24	2–0	China home	Friendly
1986-11-23	2–0	China home	Friendly
1985-09-27	3–0	Australia home	Friendly
1984-11-03	2–3	China home	Friendly
1983-12-04	1–2	Neutral	Merlion Cup
1975-08-06	1–0	Australia home	Friendly