Head to head

Italy vs South Korea

If they played today

Italy at home

51% / 24% / 24%

Italy win / draw / South Korea win

Italy–South Korea

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 7.0%

Neutral venue

43% / 26% / 31%

Italy win / draw / South Korea win

Italy–South Korea

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

South Korea at home

35% / 26% / 38%

Italy win / draw / South Korea win

Italy–South Korea

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 8.0%

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	South Korea
Current Elo	1922	1842
Elo rank	19th	33rd
Peak Elo	2140 (2021)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	893	1010
All-time record	477W 243D 173L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	1565	1794
Goals against	876	917
Biggest win	10–0 vs United States · 1975-04-02 · Friendly	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1924-04-06 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	4	0
Expected World Cups	1.66	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

Italy 1W 0D 1L

Goals

4–4

Italy first

First meeting

3–2

Italy won · 1986-06-10 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–2

South Korea won · 2002-06-18 · FIFA World Cup

Italy's biggest win

3–2

1986-06-10 · FIFA World Cup

South Korea's biggest win

2–1

2002-06-18 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

South Korea · since 2002-06-18

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-06-18	1–2	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup
1986-06-10	3–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup