Head to head

England vs Iceland

If they played today

England at home
84% / 12% / 4%
England win / draw / Iceland win
England–Iceland
  • 2–0 16.4%
  • 3–0 14.3%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 9.3%
  • 2–1 6.9%
Neutral venue
79% / 15% / 7%
England win / draw / Iceland win
England–Iceland
  • 2–0 14.9%
  • 1–0 12.4%
  • 3–0 12.0%
  • 2–1 8.3%
  • 4–0 7.3%
Iceland at home
72% / 18% / 10%
England win / draw / Iceland win
England–Iceland
  • 2–0 13.4%
  • 1–0 12.1%
  • 3–0 9.9%
  • 2–1 9.3%
  • 1–1 8.4%

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

 EnglandIceland
Current Elo21971639
Elo rank3rd81st
Peak Elo2197 (2026)1885 (2017)
Matches played1098522
All-time record631W 259D 208L159W 102D 261L
Goals for2401632
Goals against1053876
Biggest win13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly9–0 vs Faroe Islands · 1985-07-10 · Friendly
Biggest loss1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly2–14 vs Denmark · 1967-08-23 · Friendly
World Cups won10
Expected World Cups1.45<0.01
European Championships won00
Expected European Championships1.50<0.01

When they've met

Meetings
6
England 3W 1D 2L
Goals
13–5
England first
First meeting
1–1
Drawn · 1982-06-02 · Friendly
Most recent
0–1
Iceland won · 2024-06-07 · Friendly
England's biggest win
6–1
2004-06-05 · Friendly
Iceland's biggest win
2–1
2016-06-27 · UEFA Euro
Current run
Won the last meeting
Iceland · since 2024-06-07
6 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2024-06-070–1England homeFriendly
2020-11-184–0England homeUEFA Nations League
2020-09-051–0Iceland homeUEFA Nations League
2016-06-271–2NeutralUEFA Euro
2004-06-056–1England homeFriendly
1982-06-021–1Iceland homeFriendly