Head to head

New Zealand vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

New Zealand at home

44% / 26% / 31%

New Zealand win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

New Zealand–Saudi Arabia

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%

New Zealand win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

New Zealand–Saudi Arabia

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

Saudi Arabia at home

28% / 25% / 46%

New Zealand win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

New Zealand–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.1%
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

	New Zealand	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1689	1705
Elo rank	68th	62nd
Peak Elo	1825 (2025)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	419	744
All-time record	172W 74D 173L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	733	1139
Goals against	634	782
Biggest win	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

New Zealand 4W 1D 3L

Goals

14–11

New Zealand first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1981-11-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–0

New Zealand won · 2013-09-05 · OSN Cup

New Zealand's biggest win

5–0

1981-12-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

3–0

1996-10-03 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

New Zealand · since 2013-09-05

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-09-05	1–0	Saudi Arabia home	OSN Cup
1996-10-03	0–3	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly
1993-04-24	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
1993-04-18	1–3	Neutral	Friendly
1988-06-23	3–2	Neutral	Friendly
1988-06-21	2–0	Neutral	Friendly
1981-12-19	5–0	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1981-11-28	2–2	New Zealand home	FIFA World Cup qualification