Head to head

Iran vs United States

If they played today

Iran at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Iran win / draw / United States win

Iran–United States

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Iran win / draw / United States win

Iran–United States

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.7%

United States at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Iran win / draw / United States win

Iran–United States

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	United States
Current Elo	1889	1842
Elo rank	25th	34th
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1973 (2021)
Matches played	615	795
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	354W 161D 280L
Goals for	1158	1211
Goals against	486	1056
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Barbados · 2008-06-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–11 vs Norway · 1948-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 1W 1D 1L

Goals

3–3

Iran first

First meeting

2–1

Iran won · 1998-06-21 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

0–1

United States won · 2022-11-29 · FIFA World Cup

Iran's biggest win

2–1

1998-06-21 · FIFA World Cup

United States' biggest win

1–0

2022-11-29 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

United States · since 2000-01-16

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-11-29	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2000-01-16	1–1	United States home	Friendly
1998-06-21	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup