Head to head

Italy vs New Zealand

If they played today

Italy at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Italy win / draw / New Zealand win

Italy–New Zealand

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 21%

Italy win / draw / New Zealand win

Italy–New Zealand

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

New Zealand at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Italy win / draw / New Zealand win

Italy–New Zealand

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 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

	Italy	New Zealand
Current Elo	1922	1689
Elo rank	19th	68th
Peak Elo	2140 (2021)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	893	419
All-time record	477W 243D 173L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	1565	733
Goals against	876	634
Biggest win	10–0 vs United States · 1975-04-02 · Friendly	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1924-04-06 · Friendly	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	4	0
Expected World Cups	1.66	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Italy 1W 1D 0L

Goals

5–4

Italy first

First meeting

4–3

Italy won · 2009-06-10 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2010-06-20 · FIFA World Cup

Italy's biggest win

4–3

2009-06-10 · Friendly

New Zealand's biggest win

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Never beaten Italy

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Italy · since 2009-06-10

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-06-20	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2009-06-10	4–3	Neutral	Friendly