Head to head

Finland vs German DR

If they played today

Finland at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Finland win / draw / German DR win

Finland–German DR

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

28% / 25% / 46%

Finland win / draw / German DR win

Finland–German DR

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.1%
1–0 7.9%

German DR at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Finland win / draw / German DR win

Finland–German DR

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.5%

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

	Finland	German DR
Current Elo	1616	1732
Elo rank	82nd	55th
Peak Elo	1779 (2021)	1895 (1974)
Matches played	818	298
All-time record	216W 166D 436L	140W 66D 92L
Goals for	960	506
Goals against	1675	361
Biggest win	10–2 vs Estonia · 1922-08-11 · Friendly	12–1 vs Sri Lanka · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Germany · 1940-09-01 · Friendly	0–5 vs Hungary · 1952-05-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.06
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Finland 2W 1D 4L

Goals

8–21

Finland first

First meeting

3–2

Finland won · 1959-09-06 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 1989-03-22 · Friendly

Finland's biggest win

3–2

1959-09-06 · Friendly

German DR's biggest win

5–0

1972-10-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–5

Finland first · twice, last 1973-06-06

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Finland · since 1986-08-20

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1989-03-22	1–1	German DR home	Friendly
1986-08-20	1–0	Finland home	Friendly
1983-03-16	1–3	German DR home	Friendly
1973-06-06	1–5	Finland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1972-10-07	0–5	German DR home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1960-10-30	1–5	German DR home	Friendly
1959-09-06	3–2	Finland home	Friendly