Head to head

Kuwait vs New Zealand

If they played today

Kuwait at home

29% / 25% / 46%

Kuwait win / draw / New Zealand win

Kuwait–New Zealand

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

Neutral venue

22% / 24% / 54%

Kuwait win / draw / New Zealand win

Kuwait–New Zealand

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.5%

New Zealand at home

17% / 22% / 62%

Kuwait win / draw / New Zealand win

Kuwait–New Zealand

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.2%
1–1 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.2%

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	New Zealand
Current Elo	1475	1689
Elo rank	120th	68th
Peak Elo	1800 (1977)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	684	419
All-time record	285W 179D 220L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	1067	733
Goals against	770	634
Biggest win	20–0 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-14 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Portugal · 2003-11-19 · Friendly	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Kuwait 1W 1D 1L

Goals

5–8

Kuwait first

First meeting

1–5

New Zealand won · 1980-10-19 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 1981-12-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Kuwait's biggest win

2–1

1981-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

New Zealand's biggest win

5–1

1980-10-19 · Merdeka Tournament

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Kuwait · since 1981-10-10

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1981-12-14	2–2	Kuwait home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1981-10-10	2–1	New Zealand home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-10-19	1–5	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament