Head to head

Iran vs Wales

If they played today

Iran at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Iran win / draw / Wales win

Iran–Wales

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

49% / 25% / 26%

Iran win / draw / Wales win

Iran–Wales

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.5%
0–1 7.4%

Wales at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Iran win / draw / Wales win

Iran–Wales

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

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	Wales
Current Elo	1889	1743
Elo rank	25th	52nd
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1904 (2021)
Matches played	615	726
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	234W 165D 327L
Goals for	1158	910
Goals against	486	1160
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1888-03-03 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–9 vs Scotland · 1878-03-23 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 1W 0D 1L

Goals

2–1

Iran first

First meeting

0–1

Wales won · 1978-04-18 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Iran won · 2022-11-25 · FIFA World Cup

Iran's biggest win

2–0

2022-11-25 · FIFA World Cup

Wales' biggest win

1–0

1978-04-18 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Iran · since 2022-11-25

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-11-25	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1978-04-18	0–1	Iran home	Friendly