Head to head

Iran vs New Zealand

If they played today

Iran at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Iran win / draw / New Zealand win

Iran–New Zealand

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.0%

Neutral venue

53% / 24% / 23%

Iran win / draw / New Zealand win

Iran–New Zealand

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

New Zealand at home

45% / 26% / 30%

Iran win / draw / New Zealand win

Iran–New Zealand

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

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	New Zealand
Current Elo	1889	1689
Elo rank	25th	68th
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	615	419
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	1158	733
Goals against	486	634
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 1W 2D 0L

Goals

5–2

Iran first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1973-08-12 · Friendly

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2026-06-15 · FIFA World Cup

Iran's biggest win

3–0

2003-10-12 · Friendly

New Zealand's biggest win

—

Never beaten Iran

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Iran · since 1973-08-12

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-15	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2003-10-12	3–0	Iran home	Friendly
1973-08-12	0–0	New Zealand home	Friendly