Head to head

Maldives vs Sri Lanka

If they played today

Maldives at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Maldives win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Maldives–Sri Lanka

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 7.6%

Neutral venue

36% / 26% / 38%

Maldives win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Maldives–Sri Lanka

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

Sri Lanka at home

29% / 25% / 46%

Maldives win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Maldives–Sri Lanka

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

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

	Maldives	Sri Lanka
Current Elo	997	1011
Elo rank	205th	202nd
Peak Elo	1450 (1979)	1489 (1952)
Matches played	233	251
All-time record	63W 38D 132L	49W 47D 155L
Goals for	277	237
Goals against	526	576
Biggest win	12–0 vs Mongolia · 2003-12-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–1 vs Pakistan · 2008-04-04 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–17 vs Iran · 1997-06-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification	1–12 vs German DR · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Meetings

Maldives 10W 10D 2L

Goals

42–17

Maldives first

First meeting

1–0

Maldives won · 1991-12-26 · South Asian Games

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2025-09-09 · Friendly

Maldives' biggest win

10–0

2013-09-02 · SAFF Cup

Sri Lanka's biggest win

3–1

1993-12-26 · South Asian Games

Most common result

1–1

Maldives first · 5 times, last 2025-09-09

Current run

Unbeaten in 13

Maldives · since 2002-04-06

22 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-09-09	1–1	Sri Lanka home	Friendly
2025-09-06	3–0	Sri Lanka home	South Asian Super Cup
2022-06-14	1–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2021-11-09	4–4	Sri Lanka home	Mahinda Rajapaksa Cup
2021-10-10	1–0	Maldives home	SAFF Cup
2018-09-07	0–0	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2013-09-02	10–0	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2009-12-11	5–1	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2009-03-28	1–1	Sri Lanka home	Friendly
2008-06-11	1–0	Sri Lanka home	SAFF Cup
2005-12-09	2–0	Neutral	SAFF Cup
2004-12-18	0–0	Maldives home	Friendly
2002-04-06	1–1	Sri Lanka home	Friendly
2002-04-04	0–1	Sri Lanka home	Friendly
2000-05-10	1–1	Maldives home	Friendly
2000-05-01	1–1	Maldives home	Friendly
1999-09-24	4–0	Neutral	South Asian Games
1999-04-23	0–0	Neutral	SAFF Cup
1998-11-15	2–2	Sri Lanka home	Friendly
1997-09-10	2–1	Neutral	SAFF Cup
1993-12-26	1–3	Neutral	South Asian Games
1991-12-26	1–0	Sri Lanka home	South Asian Games