Head to head

New Zealand vs Russia

If they played today

New Zealand at home

33% / 26% / 41%

New Zealand win / draw / Russia win

New Zealand–Russia

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

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

New Zealand win / draw / Russia win

New Zealand–Russia

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

Russia at home

20% / 23% / 57%

New Zealand win / draw / Russia win

New Zealand–Russia

0–1 11.3%
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

	New Zealand	Russia
Current Elo	1689	1845
Elo rank	68th	31st
Peak Elo	1825 (2025)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	419	749
All-time record	172W 74D 173L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	733	1301
Goals against	634	735
Biggest win	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.73

When they've met

Meetings

New Zealand 0W 0D 2L

Goals

0–5

New Zealand first

First meeting

0–3

Russia won · 1982-06-19 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

0–2

Russia won · 2017-06-17 · Confederations Cup

New Zealand's biggest win

—

Never beaten Russia

Russia's biggest win

3–0

1982-06-19 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won last 2

Russia · since 1982-06-19

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2017-06-17	0–2	Russia home	Confederations Cup
1982-06-19	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup