Head to head

Iceland vs Russia

If they played today

Iceland at home

29% / 26% / 45%

Iceland win / draw / Russia win

Iceland–Russia

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

Neutral venue

23% / 24% / 53%

Iceland win / draw / Russia win

Iceland–Russia

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.6%

Russia at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Iceland win / draw / Russia win

Iceland–Russia

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.1%

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

	Iceland	Russia
Current Elo	1639	1845
Elo rank	81st	31st
Peak Elo	1885 (2017)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	522	749
All-time record	159W 102D 261L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	632	1301
Goals against	876	735
Biggest win	9–0 vs Faroe Islands · 1985-07-10 · Friendly	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–14 vs Denmark · 1967-08-23 · Friendly	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.73
European Championships won	0	1
Expected European Championships	<0.01	1.55

When they've met

Meetings

Iceland 1W 4D 7L

Goals

6–20

Iceland first

First meeting

1–2

Russia won · 1980-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–2

Russia won · 2013-02-06 · Friendly

Iceland's biggest win

1–0

1998-10-14 · UEFA Euro qualification

Russia's biggest win

5–0

1980-10-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–1

Iceland first · 4 times, last 1993-06-02

Current run

Won last 2

Russia · since 1999-06-09

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-02-06	0–2	Neutral	Friendly
1999-06-09	0–1	Russia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1998-10-14	1–0	Iceland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1996-02-09	0–3	Neutral	Malta International Tournament
1993-06-02	1–1	Iceland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-10-14	0–1	Russia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-05-31	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1988-08-31	1–1	Iceland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1987-10-28	0–2	Russia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1986-09-24	1–1	Iceland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1980-10-15	0–5	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-09-03	1–2	Iceland home	FIFA World Cup qualification