Head to head

England vs Iran

If they played today

England at home

69% / 19% / 12%

England win / draw / Iran win

England–Iran

2–0 12.7%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
3–0 8.9%

Neutral venue

61% / 22% / 17%

England win / draw / Iran win

England–Iran

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Iran at home

54% / 24% / 22%

England win / draw / Iran win

England–Iran

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.5%
0–1 6.6%

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

	England	Iran
Current Elo	2197	1889
Elo rank	3rd	25th
Peak Elo	2197 (2026)	1945 (2022)
Matches played	1098	615
All-time record	631W 259D 208L	349W 147D 119L
Goals for	2401	1158
Goals against	1053	486
Biggest win	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly
World Cups won	1	0
Expected World Cups	1.45	0.13

When they've met

Meetings

England 1W 0D 0L

Goals

6–2

England first

First meeting

6–2

England won · 2022-11-21 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

6–2

England won · 2022-11-21 · FIFA World Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-11-21	6–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup