Head to head

Kuwait vs Malaysia

If they played today

Kuwait at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Kuwait win / draw / Malaysia win

Kuwait–Malaysia

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

40% / 26% / 34%

Kuwait win / draw / Malaysia win

Kuwait–Malaysia

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.1%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.8%

Malaysia at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Kuwait win / draw / Malaysia win

Kuwait–Malaysia

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.6%
2–1 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

	Kuwait	Malaysia
Current Elo	1475	1441
Elo rank	120th	135th
Peak Elo	1800 (1977)	1641 (1977)
Matches played	684	841
All-time record	285W 179D 220L	330W 192D 319L
Goals for	1067	1370
Goals against	770	1218
Biggest win	20–0 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-14 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	15–1 vs Philippines · 1962-08-26 · Asian Games
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Portugal · 2003-11-19 · Friendly	0–10 vs United Arab Emirates · 2015-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	1	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.11	0.10

When they've met

Meetings

Kuwait 9W 2D 2L

Goals

32–8

Kuwait first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1973-07-26 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

3–0

Kuwait won · 2013-11-08 · Friendly

Kuwait's biggest win

6–1

2004-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Malaysia's biggest win

3–1

1973-08-12 · Merdeka Tournament

Most common result

2–0

Kuwait first · 4 times, last 2004-03-31

Current run

Unbeaten in 8

Kuwait · since 1981-04-25

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-11-08	3–0	Kuwait home	Friendly
2004-11-17	6–1	Kuwait home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-03-31	2–0	Malaysia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1994-09-22	2–0	Malaysia home	Friendly
1993-05-14	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-05-01	1–1	Malaysia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1988-04-18	5–0	Malaysia home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
1981-04-25	4–0	Kuwait home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-10-29	1–2	Malaysia home	Merdeka Tournament
1980-09-18	3–1	Kuwait home	AFC Asian Cup
1976-06-03	2–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1973-08-12	1–3	Malaysia home	Merdeka Tournament
1973-07-26	0–0	Malaysia home	Merdeka Tournament