Head to head

England vs Paraguay

If they played today

England at home
68% / 19% / 13%
England win / draw / Paraguay win
England–Paraguay
  • 2–0 12.5%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.2%
  • 3–0 8.7%
Neutral venue
61% / 22% / 17%
England win / draw / Paraguay win
England–Paraguay
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.9%
  • 1–1 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.9%
Paraguay at home
53% / 24% / 23%
England win / draw / Paraguay win
England–Paraguay
  • 1–1 11.5%
  • 1–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.3%
  • 0–1 6.8%

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

 EnglandParaguay
Current Elo21971901
Elo rank3rd23rd
Peak Elo2197 (2026)1927 (2025)
Matches played1098788
All-time record631W 259D 208L276W 210D 302L
Goals for24011006
Goals against10531119
Biggest win13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly7–0 vs Hong Kong · 2010-11-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly0–8 vs Argentina · 1926-10-20 · Copa América
World Cups won10
Expected World Cups1.450.23

When they've met

Meetings
3
England 3W 0D 0L
Goals
8–0
England first
First meeting
3–0
England won · 1986-06-18 · FIFA World Cup
Most recent
1–0
England won · 2006-06-10 · FIFA World Cup
England's biggest win
4–0
2002-04-17 · Friendly
Paraguay's biggest win
Never beaten England
Current run
Won last 3
England · since 1986-06-18
3 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2006-06-101–0NeutralFIFA World Cup
2002-04-174–0England homeFriendly
1986-06-183–0NeutralFIFA World Cup