Head to head

China vs Syria

If they played today

China at home

41% / 26% / 33%

China win / draw / Syria win

China–Syria

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.8%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

China win / draw / Syria win

China–Syria

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.7%

Syria at home

26% / 25% / 49%

China win / draw / Syria win

China–Syria

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.5%
1–0 7.4%

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

	China	Syria
Current Elo	1553	1599
Elo rank	93rd	83rd
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1719 (2017)
Matches played	702	484
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	173W 120D 191L
Goals for	1285	692
Goals against	768	638
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	0	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.21	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

China 8W 2D 5L

Goals

29–14

China first

First meeting

6–0

China won · 1966-07-23 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Syria won · 2023-09-12 · Friendly

China's biggest win

6–0

1966-07-23 · Friendly

Syria's biggest win

3–2

2009-01-14 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Most common result

0–1

China first · 3 times, last 2023-09-12

Current run

Won the last meeting

Syria · since 2023-09-12

15 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-09-12	0–1	China home	Friendly
2021-06-15	3–1	China home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-11-14	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2018-10-16	2–0	China home	Friendly
2017-06-13	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-10-06	0–1	China home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2010-10-08	2–1	China home	Friendly
2010-01-06	0–0	China home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2009-01-14	2–3	Syria home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2008-01-27	2–1	China home	Friendly
2002-12-07	3–1	Neutral	Prime Minister's Cup
1996-12-09	3–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1988-12-04	3–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1980-09-23	0–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1966-07-23	6–0	China home	Friendly