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Head to head

Iran vs North Korea

If they played today

Iran at home
75% / 17% / 9%
Iran win / draw / North Korea win
Iran–North Korea
  • 2–0 14.0%
  • 1–0 12.2%
  • 3–0 10.7%
  • 2–1 9.0%
  • 1–1 7.8%
Neutral venue
68% / 19% / 13%
Iran win / draw / North Korea win
Iran–North Korea
  • 2–0 12.5%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.2%
  • 3–0 8.7%
North Korea at home
60% / 22% / 18%
Iran win / draw / North Korea win
Iran–North Korea
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.9%
  • 1–1 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.9%

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

 IranNorth Korea
Current Elo18891494
Elo rank25th114th
Peak Elo1945 (2022)1779 (1980)
Matches played615390
All-time record349W 147D 119L162W 106D 122L
Goals for1158628
Goals against486435
Biggest win19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.130.03
AFC Asian Cups won30
Expected AFC Asian Cups2.730.35

When they've met

Meetings
21
Iran 17W 4D 0L
Goals
36–9
Iran first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 1973-05-04 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most recent
3–0
Iran won · 2025-06-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Iran's biggest win
3–0
2025-06-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
North Korea's biggest win
—
Never beaten Iran
Most common result
1–0
Iran first · 4 times, last 2011-01-15
Current run
Unbeaten in 21
Iran · since 1973-05-04
21 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2025-06-103–0Iran homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2024-11-143–2NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
2011-01-151–0NeutralAFC Asian Cup
2010-01-021–0NeutralFriendly
2009-06-060–0North Korea homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2008-10-152–1Iran homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2005-06-031–0Iran homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2005-03-302–0North Korea homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2003-11-123–0Iran homeAFC Asian Cup qualification
2003-10-273–1North Korea homeAFC Asian Cup qualification
1993-10-252–1NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
1992-10-302–0NeutralAFC Asian Cup
1990-10-060–0NeutralAsian Games
1990-09-282–1NeutralAsian Games
1988-06-020–0NeutralAFC Asian Cup qualification
1985-02-051–0Iran homeFriendly
1982-03-062–0Iran homeFriendly
1980-09-293–0NeutralAFC Asian Cup
1980-09-243–2NeutralAFC Asian Cup
1973-05-112–1Iran homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1973-05-040–0Iran homeFIFA World Cup qualification