Head to head

Iran vs Iraq

If they played today

Iran at home

62% / 21% / 16%

Iran win / draw / Iraq win

Iran–Iraq

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.2%
1–1 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.2%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Iran win / draw / Iraq win

Iran–Iraq

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.5%

Iraq at home

46% / 25% / 28%

Iran win / draw / Iraq win

Iran–Iraq

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.9%

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

	Iran	Iraq
Current Elo	1889	1673
Elo rank	25th	72nd
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1844 (1984)
Matches played	615	658
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	304W 188D 166L
Goals for	1158	1006
Goals against	486	621
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	13–0 vs Ethiopia · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–6 vs Chile · 2013-08-14 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.02
AFC Asian Cups won	3	1
Expected AFC Asian Cups	2.73	0.97

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 16W 5D 5L

Goals

35–18

Iran first

First meeting

2–1

Iran won · 1969-03-07 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Iran won · 2022-01-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Iran's biggest win

3–0

2021-09-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Iraq's biggest win

2–1

2019-11-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

2–1

Iran first · 7 times, last 2011-01-11

Current run

Won last 3

Iran · since 2021-06-15

26 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-01-27	1–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-09-07	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-06-15	1–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-11-14	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-01-16	0–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2017-03-18	0–1	Iran home	Friendly
2015-01-23	3–3	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2015-01-04	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2011-01-11	2–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2010-10-01	2–1	Neutral	WAFF Championship
2007-06-24	2–1	Neutral	WAFF Championship
2007-06-16	0–0	Neutral	WAFF Championship
2006-10-04	2–0	Neutral	Friendly
2004-06-23	2–1	Iran home	WAFF Championship
2003-08-13	0–1	Iran home	Friendly
2002-09-05	0–0	Neutral	WAFF Championship
2001-10-12	2–1	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-09-07	2–1	Iraq home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-10-18	1–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1996-12-05	1–2	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1993-10-22	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-11-05	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
1976-06-04	2–0	Iran home	AFC Asian Cup
1974-09-13	1–0	Iran home	Asian Games
1972-05-09	3–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1969-03-07	2–1	Iran home	Friendly