Head to head

Russia vs Syria

If they played today

Russia at home

64% / 21% / 15%

Russia win / draw / Syria win

Russia–Syria

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.7%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

57% / 23% / 20%

Russia win / draw / Syria win

Russia–Syria

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Syria at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Russia win / draw / Syria win

Russia–Syria

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.5%
0–1 7.4%

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

	Russia	Syria
Current Elo	1845	1599
Elo rank	31st	83rd
Peak Elo	1970 (1983)	1719 (2017)
Matches played	749	484
All-time record	385W 197D 167L	173W 120D 191L
Goals for	1301	692
Goals against	735	638
Biggest win	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly	12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games	0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.73	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Russia 2W 0D 0L

Goals

6–0

Russia first

First meeting

2–0

Russia won · 1988-11-21 · Friendly

Most recent

4–0

Russia won · 2024-11-19 · Friendly

Russia's biggest win

4–0

2024-11-19 · Friendly

Syria's biggest win

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Never beaten Russia

Current run

Won last 2

Russia · since 1988-11-21

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-19	4–0	Russia home	Friendly
1988-11-21	2–0	Syria home	Friendly