Head to head

Scotland vs Sweden

If they played today

Scotland at home

46% / 25% / 28%

Scotland win / draw / Sweden win

Scotland–Sweden

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.8%

Neutral venue

38% / 26% / 35%

Scotland win / draw / Sweden win

Scotland–Sweden

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 8.0%

Sweden at home

31% / 26% / 43%

Scotland win / draw / Sweden win

Scotland–Sweden

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.5%

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

	Scotland	Sweden
Current Elo	1815	1797
Elo rank	37th	41st
Peak Elo	1875 (2023)	1955 (2018)
Matches played	854	1105
All-time record	403W 182D 269L	542W 234D 329L
Goals for	1455	2178
Goals against	1054	1431
Biggest win	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship	12–0 vs Latvia · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup	0–10 vs Denmark · 1913-10-05 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.21	0.52
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.07	0.31

When they've met

Meetings

Scotland 5W 1D 6L

Goals

14–19

Scotland first

First meeting

1–3

Sweden won · 1952-05-30 · Friendly

Most recent

0–3

Sweden won · 2010-08-11 · Friendly

Scotland's biggest win

3–1

1977-04-27 · Friendly

Sweden's biggest win

4–1

2004-11-17 · Friendly

Most common result

1–2

Scotland first · twice, last 1997-04-30

Current run

Won last 3

Sweden · since 1997-04-30

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-08-11	0–3	Sweden home	Friendly
2004-11-17	1–4	Scotland home	Friendly
1997-04-30	1–2	Sweden home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-11-10	1–0	Scotland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1995-10-11	0–2	Sweden home	Friendly
1990-06-16	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1981-09-09	2–0	Scotland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-09-10	1–0	Sweden home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1977-04-27	3–1	Scotland home	Friendly
1975-04-16	1–1	Sweden home	Friendly
1953-05-06	1–2	Scotland home	Friendly
1952-05-30	1–3	Sweden home	Friendly