Head to head

Iran vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Iran at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Iran win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Iran–Saudi Arabia

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

52% / 24% / 24%

Iran win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Iran–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.6%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 6.9%

Saudi Arabia at home

44% / 26% / 31%

Iran win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Iran–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1889	1705
Elo rank	25th	62nd
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	615	744
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	1158	1139
Goals against	486	782
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.04
AFC Asian Cups won	3	3
Expected AFC Asian Cups	2.73	0.90

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 4W 6D 4L

Goals

19–13

Iran first

First meeting

3–0

Iran won · 1977-01-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2012-12-09 · WAFF Championship

Iran's biggest win

3–0

1996-12-11 · AFC Asian Cup

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

4–3

1993-10-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–1

Iran first · 3 times, last 2008-09-06

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Saudi Arabia · since 2001-09-28

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-12-09	0–0	Neutral	WAFF Championship
2009-03-28	1–2	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-09-06	1–1	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-09-28	2–2	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-08-24	2–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-10-24	0–1	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-09-19	1–1	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-12-19	0–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1996-12-11	3–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1993-10-28	3–4	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1988-12-15	0–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1984-12-13	1–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1977-04-22	2–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1977-01-07	3–0	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification