Head to head

Russia vs Zambia

If they played today

Russia at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Russia win / draw / Zambia win

Russia–Zambia

2–0 12.5%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
3–0 8.7%

Neutral venue

60% / 22% / 18%

Russia win / draw / Zambia win

Russia–Zambia

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.8%

Zambia at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Russia win / draw / Zambia win

Russia–Zambia

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

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	Zambia
Current Elo	1845	1551
Elo rank	31st	94th
Peak Elo	1970 (1983)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	749	793
All-time record	385W 197D 167L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	1301	1234
Goals against	735	851
Biggest win	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.73	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Russia 2W 0D 0L

Goals

9–0

Russia first

First meeting

4–0

Russia won · 1991-01-11 · Nehru Cup

Most recent

5–0

Russia won · 2025-03-25 · Friendly

Russia's biggest win

5–0

2025-03-25 · Friendly

Zambia's biggest win

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Never beaten Russia

Current run

Won last 2

Russia · since 1991-01-11

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-25	5–0	Russia home	Friendly
1991-01-11	4–0	Neutral	Nehru Cup