Head to head

Italy vs Russia

If they played today

Italy at home

51% / 24% / 24%

Italy win / draw / Russia win

Italy–Russia

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.0%
0–1 7.0%

Neutral venue

43% / 26% / 31%

Italy win / draw / Russia win

Italy–Russia

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

Russia at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Italy win / draw / Russia win

Italy–Russia

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

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	Russia
Current Elo	1922	1845
Elo rank	19th	31st
Peak Elo	2140 (2021)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	893	749
All-time record	477W 243D 173L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	1565	1301
Goals against	876	735
Biggest win	10–0 vs United States · 1975-04-02 · Friendly	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1924-04-06 · Friendly	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	4	0
Expected World Cups	1.66	0.73
European Championships won	2	1
Expected European Championships	1.29	1.55

When they've met

Meetings

Italy 5W 6D 5L

Goals

13–14

Italy first

First meeting

0–2

Russia won · 1963-10-13 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

0–3

Russia won · 2012-06-01 · Friendly

Italy's biggest win

4–1

1988-02-20 · Friendly

Russia's biggest win

3–0

2012-06-01 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Italy first · 3 times, last 1997-10-29

Current run

Won the last meeting

Russia · since 2012-06-01

16 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-06-01	0–3	Neutral	Friendly
2005-02-09	2–0	Italy home	Friendly
1997-11-15	1–0	Italy home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-10-29	1–1	Russia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-06-11	2–1	Neutral	UEFA Euro
1991-10-12	0–0	Russia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1991-06-16	1–1	Neutral	Scania 100 Tournament
1990-11-03	0–0	Italy home	UEFA Euro qualification
1988-06-22	0–2	Neutral	UEFA Euro
1988-02-20	4–1	Italy home	Friendly
1975-06-08	0–1	Russia home	Friendly
1968-06-05	0–0	Italy home	UEFA Euro
1966-11-01	1–0	Italy home	Friendly
1966-07-16	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1963-11-10	1–1	Italy home	UEFA Euro qualification
1963-10-13	0–2	Russia home	UEFA Euro qualification