Head to head

Italy vs Wales

If they played today

Italy at home
59% / 22% / 18%
Italy win / draw / Wales win
Italy–Wales
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.6%
  • 1–1 10.6%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.6%
Neutral venue
51% / 24% / 24%
Italy win / draw / Wales win
Italy–Wales
  • 1–1 11.6%
  • 1–0 10.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 2–0 9.1%
  • 0–1 7.0%
Wales at home
43% / 26% / 31%
Italy win / draw / Wales win
Italy–Wales
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 1–0 10.3%
  • 2–1 8.9%
  • 0–1 8.4%
  • 2–0 7.5%

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

 ItalyWales
Current Elo19221743
Elo rank19th52nd
Peak Elo2140 (2021)1904 (2021)
Matches played893726
All-time record477W 243D 173L234W 165D 327L
Goals for1565910
Goals against8761160
Biggest win10–0 vs United States · 1975-04-02 · Friendly11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1888-03-03 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss1–7 vs Hungary · 1924-04-06 · Friendly0–9 vs Scotland · 1878-03-23 · Friendly
World Cups won40
Expected World Cups1.660.02
European Championships won20
Expected European Championships1.290.02

When they've met

Meetings
9
Italy 7W 0D 2L
Goals
21–5
Italy first
First meeting
4–1
Italy won · 1965-05-01 · Friendly
Most recent
1–0
Italy won · 2021-06-20 · UEFA Euro
Italy's biggest win
4–0
2003-09-06 · UEFA Euro qualification
Wales' biggest win
2–1
2002-10-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Most common result
1–0
Italy first · twice, last 2021-06-20
Current run
Won last 2
Italy · since 2003-09-06
9 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2021-06-201–0Italy homeUEFA Euro
2003-09-064–0Italy homeUEFA Euro qualification
2002-10-161–2Wales homeUEFA Euro qualification
1999-06-054–0Italy homeUEFA Euro qualification
1998-09-052–0NeutralUEFA Euro qualification
1988-06-040–1Italy homeFriendly
1969-11-044–1Italy homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1968-10-231–0Wales homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1965-05-014–1Italy homeFriendly