Head to head

Bahrain vs New Zealand

If they played today

Bahrain at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Bahrain win / draw / New Zealand win

Bahrain–New Zealand

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Bahrain win / draw / New Zealand win

Bahrain–New Zealand

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

New Zealand at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Bahrain win / draw / New Zealand win

Bahrain–New Zealand

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
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

	Bahrain	New Zealand
Current Elo	1541	1689
Elo rank	97th	68th
Peak Elo	1725 (2009)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	584	419
All-time record	207W 154D 223L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	725	733
Goals against	756	634
Biggest win	10–0 vs Indonesia · 2012-02-29 · FIFA World Cup qualification	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Iraq · 1966-04-05 · Arab Cup	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Bahrain 0W 1D 4L

Goals

1–6

Bahrain first

First meeting

0–2

New Zealand won · 1979-10-03 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

New Zealand won · 2021-10-12 · Friendly

Bahrain's biggest win

—

Never beaten New Zealand

New Zealand's biggest win

2–0

1979-10-03 · Friendly

Most common result

0–1

Bahrain first · twice, last 2021-10-12

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

New Zealand · since 1979-10-03

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-10-12	0–1	Bahrain home	Friendly
2009-11-14	0–1	New Zealand home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-10-10	0–0	Bahrain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1979-10-08	1–2	Bahrain home	Friendly
1979-10-03	0–2	Bahrain home	Friendly