Head to head

New Zealand vs Scotland

If they played today

New Zealand at home

35% / 26% / 39%

New Zealand win / draw / Scotland win

New Zealand–Scotland

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.2%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

28% / 25% / 47%

New Zealand win / draw / Scotland win

New Zealand–Scotland

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.7%

Scotland at home

21% / 24% / 55%

New Zealand win / draw / Scotland win

New Zealand–Scotland

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.2%
0–2 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

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	Scotland
Current Elo	1689	1815
Elo rank	68th	37th
Peak Elo	1825 (2025)	1875 (2023)
Matches played	419	854
All-time record	172W 74D 173L	403W 182D 269L
Goals for	733	1455
Goals against	634	1054
Biggest win	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

New Zealand 0W 1D 1L

Goals

3–6

New Zealand first

First meeting

2–5

Scotland won · 1982-06-15 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2003-05-27 · Friendly

New Zealand's biggest win

—

Never beaten Scotland

Scotland's biggest win

5–2

1982-06-15 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Scotland · since 1982-06-15

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-05-27	1–1	Scotland home	Friendly
1982-06-15	2–5	Neutral	FIFA World Cup