Head to head

Iran vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Iran at home

55% / 23% / 21%

Iran win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Iran–Republic of Ireland

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.2%
2–0 9.8%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

47% / 25% / 28%

Iran win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Iran–Republic of Ireland

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

Republic of Ireland at home

39% / 26% / 35%

Iran win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Iran–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 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	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1889	1762
Elo rank	25th	49th
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	615	633
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	1158	858
Goals against	486	769
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 1W 0D 2L

Goals

2–4

Iran first

First meeting

1–2

Republic of Ireland won · 1972-06-11 · Brazil Independence Cup

Most recent

1–0

Iran won · 2001-11-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Iran's biggest win

1–0

2001-11-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

2–0

2001-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Won the last meeting

Iran · since 2001-11-15

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2001-11-15	1–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-11-10	0–2	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1972-06-11	1–2	Neutral	Brazil Independence Cup