Head to head

Malaysia vs Syria

If they played today

Malaysia at home

32% / 26% / 41%

Malaysia win / draw / Syria win

Malaysia–Syria

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 50%

Malaysia win / draw / Syria win

Malaysia–Syria

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

Syria at home

20% / 23% / 58%

Malaysia win / draw / Syria win

Malaysia–Syria

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Malaysia	Syria
Current Elo	1441	1599
Elo rank	135th	83rd
Peak Elo	1641 (1977)	1719 (2017)
Matches played	841	484
All-time record	330W 192D 319L	173W 120D 191L
Goals for	1370	692
Goals against	1218	638
Biggest win	15–1 vs Philippines · 1962-08-26 · Asian Games	12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–10 vs United Arab Emirates · 2015-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification	0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
AFC Asian Cups won	0	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.10	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

Malaysia 2W 2D 1L

Goals

14–9

Malaysia first

First meeting

5–2

Malaysia won · 1978-07-23 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2024-01-08 · Friendly

Malaysia's biggest win

5–2

1978-07-23 · Merdeka Tournament

Syria's biggest win

2–1

2017-08-22 · Friendly

Most common result

2–2

Malaysia first · twice, last 2024-01-08

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Syria · since 2017-08-22

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-01-08	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
2023-09-06	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
2017-08-22	1–2	Malaysia home	Friendly
2009-12-30	4–1	Malaysia home	Friendly
1978-07-23	5–2	Malaysia home	Merdeka Tournament