Head to head

South Korea vs Sri Lanka

If they played today

South Korea at home

95% / 5% / 0%

South Korea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

South Korea–Sri Lanka

3–0 21.0%
2–0 20.0%
4–0 16.6%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 10.5%

Neutral venue

92% / 7% / 1%

South Korea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

South Korea–Sri Lanka

2–0 18.7%
3–0 18.5%
4–0 13.7%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 8.1%

Sri Lanka at home

88% / 10% / 3%

South Korea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

South Korea–Sri Lanka

2–0 17.4%
3–0 16.0%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 11.1%
5–0 6.1%

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

	South Korea	Sri Lanka
Current Elo	1842	1011
Elo rank	33rd	202nd
Peak Elo	1940 (1980)	1489 (1952)
Matches played	1010	251
All-time record	539W 252D 219L	49W 47D 155L
Goals for	1794	237
Goals against	917	576
Biggest win	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	7–1 vs Pakistan · 2008-04-04 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup	1–12 vs German DR · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.19	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	2	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	2.93	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

South Korea 4W 0D 0L

Goals

23–0

South Korea first

First meeting

6–0

South Korea won · 1979-09-12 · Korea Cup

Most recent

5–0

South Korea won · 2021-06-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

South Korea's biggest win

8–0

2019-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Sri Lanka's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Korea

Current run

Won last 4

South Korea · since 1979-09-12

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-06-09	5–0	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-10-10	8–0	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1986-04-30	4–0	Neutral	Friendly
1979-09-12	6–0	South Korea home	Korea Cup