Head to head

Iceland vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

Iceland at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Iceland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Iceland–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.5%
1–2 7.4%

Neutral venue

35% / 26% / 39%

Iceland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Iceland–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.2%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.9%

United Arab Emirates at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Iceland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Iceland–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.7%

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	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1639	1666
Elo rank	81st	74th
Peak Elo	1885 (2017)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	522	612
All-time record	159W 102D 261L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	632	867
Goals against	876	760
Biggest win	9–0 vs Faroe Islands · 1985-07-10 · Friendly	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	2–14 vs Denmark · 1967-08-23 · Friendly	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Iceland 2W 0D 1L

Goals

3–2

Iceland first

First meeting

1–0

Iceland won · 1992-03-02 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

United Arab Emirates won · 2016-01-16 · Friendly

Iceland's biggest win

1–0

1994-08-30 · Friendly

United Arab Emirates' biggest win

2–1

2016-01-16 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

Iceland first · twice, last 1994-08-30

Current run

Won the last meeting

United Arab Emirates · since 2016-01-16

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-01-16	1–2	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly
1994-08-30	1–0	Iceland home	Friendly
1992-03-02	1–0	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly