Head to head

England vs Syria

If they played today

England at home

86% / 11% / 3%

England win / draw / Syria win

England–Syria

2–0 16.9%
3–0 15.2%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 10.3%
2–1 6.3%

Neutral venue

81% / 13% / 6%

England win / draw / Syria win

England–Syria

2–0 15.5%
3–0 12.9%
1–0 12.4%
4–0 8.1%
2–1 7.8%

Syria at home

75% / 16% / 9%

England win / draw / Syria win

England–Syria

2–0 14.0%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.8%
2–1 8.9%
1–1 7.8%

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

	England	Syria
Current Elo	2197	1599
Elo rank	3rd	83rd
Peak Elo	2197 (2026)	1719 (2017)
Matches played	1098	484
All-time record	631W 259D 208L	173W 120D 191L
Goals for	2401	692
Goals against	1053	638
Biggest win	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly	0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	1	0
Expected World Cups	1.45	0.00

When they've met

England and Syria have never played each other.