Head to head

Iran vs Sri Lanka

If they played today

Iran at home

96% / 4% / 0%

Iran win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Iran–Sri Lanka

3–0 21.1%
2–0 19.4%
4–0 17.2%
1–0 11.9%
5–0 11.2%

Neutral venue

93% / 6% / 1%

Iran win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Iran–Sri Lanka

3–0 19.7%
2–0 19.3%
4–0 15.0%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 9.2%

Sri Lanka at home

90% / 8% / 2%

Iran win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Iran–Sri Lanka

2–0 18.0%
3–0 17.2%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 12.3%
5–0 7.0%

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	Sri Lanka
Current Elo	1889	1011
Elo rank	25th	202nd
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1489 (1952)
Matches played	615	251
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	49W 47D 155L
Goals for	1158	237
Goals against	486	576
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–1 vs Pakistan · 2008-04-04 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	1–12 vs German DR · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	3	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	2.73	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 2W 0D 0L

Goals

11–0

Iran first

First meeting

7–0

Iran won · 1996-06-12 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Most recent

4–0

Iran won · 1996-06-17 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Iran's biggest win

7–0

1996-06-12 · AFC Asian Cup qualification

Sri Lanka's biggest win

—

Never beaten Iran

Current run

Won last 2

Iran · since 1996-06-12

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1996-06-17	4–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup qualification
1996-06-12	7–0	Iran home	AFC Asian Cup qualification