Head to head

Iran vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

Iran at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Iran win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Iran–United Arab Emirates

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.3%
1–1 10.1%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

55% / 24% / 22%

Iran win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Iran–United Arab Emirates

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

United Arab Emirates at home

47% / 25% / 28%

Iran win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Iran–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.2%
0–1 7.8%

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	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1889	1666
Elo rank	25th	74th
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	615	612
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	1158	867
Goals against	486	760
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	<0.01
AFC Asian Cups won	3	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	2.73	0.53

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 16W 3D 1L

Goals

29–5

Iran first

First meeting

2–0

Iran won · 1980-08-05 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Iran won · 2025-03-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Iran's biggest win

3–0

2011-01-19 · AFC Asian Cup

United Arab Emirates' biggest win

3–1

1997-09-02 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

Iran first · 9 times, last 2024-09-10

Current run

Unbeaten in 14

Iran · since 2001-10-25

20 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-20	2–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-09-10	1–0	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-01-23	2–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2022-02-01	1–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-10-07	1–0	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-01-19	1–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2011-01-19	3–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2009-06-10	1–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-11-19	1–1	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-07	1–0	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-02	0–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2006-08-08	1–0	Iran home	Friendly
2001-10-31	3–0	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-10-25	1–0	Iran home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-09-02	1–3	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly
1992-11-01	0–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1988-12-08	1–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1984-12-01	3–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1980-08-07	3–0	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly
1980-08-05	2–0	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly