Head to head

Russia vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Russia at home

56% / 23% / 21%

Russia win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Russia–Saudi Arabia

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

48% / 25% / 27%

Russia win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Russia–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.5%

Saudi Arabia at home

40% / 26% / 34%

Russia win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Russia–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.8%

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

	Russia	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1845	1705
Elo rank	31st	62nd
Peak Elo	1970 (1983)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	749	744
All-time record	385W 197D 167L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	1301	1139
Goals against	735	782
Biggest win	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.73	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Russia 1W 0D 1L

Goals

7–4

Russia first

First meeting

2–4

Saudi Arabia won · 1993-10-06 · Friendly

Most recent

5–0

Russia won · 2018-06-14 · FIFA World Cup

Russia's biggest win

5–0

2018-06-14 · FIFA World Cup

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

4–2

1993-10-06 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Russia · since 2018-06-14

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-06-14	5–0	Russia home	FIFA World Cup
1993-10-06	2–4	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly