Head to head

Iran vs Russia

If they played today

Iran at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Iran win / draw / Russia win

Iran–Russia

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.5%
0–1 7.5%

Neutral venue

40% / 26% / 34%

Iran win / draw / Russia win

Iran–Russia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

Russia at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Iran win / draw / Russia win

Iran–Russia

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

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	Russia
Current Elo	1889	1845
Elo rank	25th	31st
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	615	749
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	1158	1301
Goals against	486	735
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.73

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 1W 2D 3L

Goals

4–7

Iran first

First meeting

0–1

Russia won · 1978-09-06 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Russia won · 2025-10-10 · Friendly

Iran's biggest win

1–0

2011-02-09 · Friendly

Russia's biggest win

2–0

1985-01-28 · Nehru Cup

Most common result

1–1

Iran first · twice, last 2023-03-23

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Russia · since 2017-10-10

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-10-10	1–2	Russia home	Friendly
2023-03-23	1–1	Iran home	Friendly
2017-10-10	1–1	Russia home	Friendly
2011-02-09	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
1985-01-28	0–2	Neutral	Nehru Cup
1978-09-06	0–1	Iran home	Friendly