Head to head

England vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

England at home

81% / 14% / 6%

England win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

England–Saudi Arabia

2–0 15.4%
3–0 12.8%
1–0 12.4%
4–0 7.9%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

75% / 17% / 9%

England win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

England–Saudi Arabia

2–0 14.0%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.6%
2–1 9.0%
1–1 7.9%

Saudi Arabia at home

68% / 19% / 13%

England win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

England–Saudi Arabia

2–0 12.4%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.3%
3–0 8.6%

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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	2197	1705
Elo rank	3rd	62nd
Peak Elo	2197 (2026)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	1098	744
All-time record	631W 259D 208L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	2401	1139
Goals against	1053	782
Biggest win	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	1	0
Expected World Cups	1.45	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

England 0W 2D 0L

Goals

1–1

England first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1988-11-16 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 1998-05-23 · Friendly

England's biggest win

—

Never beaten Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

—

Never beaten England

Current run

Drawn last 2

since 1988-11-16

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1998-05-23	0–0	England home	Friendly
1988-11-16	1–1	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly