Head to head

Russia vs Wales

If they played today

Russia at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Russia win / draw / Wales win

Russia–Wales

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

Neutral venue

45% / 26% / 29%

Russia win / draw / Wales win

Russia–Wales

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

Wales at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Russia win / draw / Wales win

Russia–Wales

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

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	Wales
Current Elo	1845	1743
Elo rank	31st	52nd
Peak Elo	1970 (1983)	1904 (2021)
Matches played	749	726
All-time record	385W 197D 167L	234W 165D 327L
Goals for	1301	910
Goals against	735	1160
Biggest win	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1888-03-03 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games	0–9 vs Scotland · 1878-03-23 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.73	0.02
European Championships won	1	0
Expected European Championships	1.55	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Russia 5W 3D 2L

Goals

12–8

Russia first

First meeting

2–1

Russia won · 1965-05-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–3

Wales won · 2016-06-20 · UEFA Euro

Russia's biggest win

3–0

1981-11-18 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Wales' biggest win

3–0

2016-06-20 · UEFA Euro

Most common result

0–0

Russia first · 3 times, last 2003-11-15

Current run

Won the last meeting

Wales · since 2016-06-20

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-06-20	0–3	Neutral	UEFA Euro
2009-09-09	3–1	Wales home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-09-10	2–1	Russia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2003-11-19	1–0	Wales home	UEFA Euro qualification
2003-11-15	0–0	Russia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1987-02-18	0–0	Wales home	Friendly
1981-11-18	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1981-05-30	0–0	Wales home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1965-10-27	1–2	Wales home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1965-05-30	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification