Head to head

German DR vs Italy

If they played today

German DR at home

30% / 26% / 44%

German DR win / draw / Italy win

German DR–Italy

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.3%
0–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

24% / 24% / 52%

German DR win / draw / Italy win

German DR–Italy

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.2%
1–0 6.8%

Italy at home

18% / 22% / 60%

German DR win / draw / Italy win

German DR–Italy

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 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

	German DR	Italy
Current Elo	1732	1922
Elo rank	55th	19th
Peak Elo	1895 (1974)	2140 (2021)
Matches played	298	893
All-time record	140W 66D 92L	477W 243D 173L
Goals for	506	1565
Goals against	361	876
Biggest win	12–1 vs Sri Lanka · 1964-01-12 · Friendly	10–0 vs United States · 1975-04-02 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Hungary · 1952-05-18 · Friendly	1–7 vs Hungary · 1924-04-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	4
Expected World Cups	0.06	1.66
European Championships won	0	2
Expected European Championships	0.00	1.29

When they've met

Meetings

German DR 1W 2D 1L

Goals

3–5

German DR first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1969-03-29 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–0

German DR won · 1982-04-14 · Friendly

German DR's biggest win

1–0

1982-04-14 · Friendly

Italy's biggest win

3–0

1969-11-22 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

German DR · since 1981-04-19

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1982-04-14	1–0	German DR home	Friendly
1981-04-19	0–0	Italy home	Friendly
1969-11-22	0–3	Italy home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1969-03-29	2–2	German DR home	FIFA World Cup qualification