Head to head

India vs Maldives

If they played today

India at home

64% / 21% / 15%

India win / draw / Maldives win

India–Maldives

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.6%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 21%

India win / draw / Maldives win

India–Maldives

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Maldives at home

48% / 25% / 27%

India win / draw / Maldives win

India–Maldives

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.5%

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

	India	Maldives
Current Elo	1237	997
Elo rank	175th	205th
Peak Elo	1655 (1966)	1450 (1979)
Matches played	534	233
All-time record	190W 120D 224L	63W 38D 132L
Goals for	730	277
Goals against	862	526
Biggest win	7–1 vs Australia · 1956-12-12 · Friendly	12–0 vs Mongolia · 2003-12-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–11 vs Russia · 1955-09-16 · Friendly	0–17 vs Iran · 1997-06-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
AFC Asian Cups won	0	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.21	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

India 13W 2D 3L

Goals

39–14

India first

First meeting

5–0

India won · 1987-11-23 · South Asian Games

Most recent

3–0

India won · 2025-03-19 · Friendly

India's biggest win

5–0

1987-11-23 · South Asian Games

Maldives' biggest win

2–1

2018-09-15 · SAFF Cup

Most common result

3–1

India first · 3 times, last 2021-10-13

Current run

Won last 2

India · since 2021-10-13

18 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-19	3–0	India home	Friendly
2021-10-13	3–1	Maldives home	SAFF Cup
2018-09-15	1–2	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2018-09-09	2–0	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2015-12-31	3–2	India home	SAFF Cup
2013-09-09	1–0	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2012-08-25	3–0	India home	Nehru Cup
2011-12-09	3–1	India home	SAFF Cup
2011-07-10	1–1	Maldives home	Friendly
2008-06-14	0–1	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2008-06-07	1–0	Maldives home	SAFF Cup
2005-12-14	1–0	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2000-05-08	0–1	Maldives home	Friendly
1999-10-04	3–1	Neutral	South Asian Games
1999-04-29	2–1	India home	SAFF Cup
1997-09-13	5–1	Neutral	SAFF Cup
1997-09-09	2–2	Neutral	SAFF Cup
1987-11-23	5–0	India home	South Asian Games