Head to head

German DR vs Russia

If they played today

German DR at home

36% / 26% / 38%

German DR win / draw / Russia win

German DR–Russia

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

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

German DR win / draw / Russia win

German DR–Russia

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

Russia at home

22% / 24% / 54%

German DR win / draw / Russia win

German DR–Russia

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

	German DR	Russia
Current Elo	1732	1845
Elo rank	55th	31st
Peak Elo	1895 (1974)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	298	749
All-time record	140W 66D 92L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	506	1301
Goals against	361	735
Biggest win	12–1 vs Sri Lanka · 1964-01-12 · Friendly	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Hungary · 1952-05-18 · Friendly	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.06	0.73
European Championships won	0	1
Expected European Championships	0.00	1.55

When they've met

Meetings

German DR 3W 3D 7L

Goals

12–20

German DR first

First meeting

0–1

Russia won · 1960-08-17 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

German DR won · 1989-10-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

German DR's biggest win

2–1

1989-10-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Russia's biggest win

3–0

1989-04-26 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–1

German DR first · 3 times, last 1982-05-05

Current run

Won the last meeting

German DR · since 1989-10-08

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1989-10-08	2–1	German DR home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-04-26	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1987-10-10	1–1	German DR home	UEFA Euro qualification
1987-04-29	0–2	Russia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1983-07-26	1–3	German DR home	Friendly
1982-05-05	0–1	Russia home	Friendly
1979-09-05	0–1	Russia home	Friendly
1977-07-28	2–1	German DR home	Friendly
1973-10-17	1–0	German DR home	Friendly
1969-07-25	2–2	German DR home	Friendly
1966-10-23	2–2	Russia home	Friendly
1962-05-03	1–2	Russia home	Friendly
1960-08-17	0–1	German DR home	Friendly