Head to head

Croatia vs Romania

If they played today

Croatia at home

64% / 21% / 15%

Croatia win / draw / Romania win

Croatia–Romania

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.7%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 20%

Croatia win / draw / Romania win

Croatia–Romania

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Romania at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Croatia win / draw / Romania win

Croatia–Romania

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.5%
0–1 7.5%

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

	Croatia	Romania
Current Elo	1943	1699
Elo rank	17th	64th
Peak Elo	2057 (2023)	1934 (2007)
Matches played	400	766
All-time record	211W 104D 85L	335W 195D 236L
Goals for	694	1239
Goals against	407	977
Biggest win	10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly	9–0 vs Finland · 1973-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League	0–9 vs Hungary · 1948-06-06 · Balkan Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.14	0.21
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.27	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Croatia 4W 1D 0L

Goals

8–3

Croatia first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1942-10-11 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

Croatia won · 2009-02-11 · Friendly

Croatia's biggest win

2–0

1990-12-22 · Friendly

Romania's biggest win

—

Never beaten Croatia

Most common result

1–0

Croatia first · twice, last 2002-11-20

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Croatia · since 1942-10-11

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-02-11	2–1	Romania home	Friendly
2002-11-20	1–0	Romania home	Friendly
1998-06-30	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1990-12-22	2–0	Croatia home	Friendly
1942-10-11	2–2	Romania home	Friendly