Head to head

South Korea vs Syria

If they played today

South Korea at home

64% / 21% / 15%

South Korea win / draw / Syria win

South Korea–Syria

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.7%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 20%

South Korea win / draw / Syria win

South Korea–Syria

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

Syria at home

48% / 25% / 27%

South Korea win / draw / Syria win

South Korea–Syria

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

	South Korea	Syria
Current Elo	1842	1599
Elo rank	34th	83rd
Peak Elo	1940 (1980)	1719 (2017)
Matches played	1010	484
All-time record	539W 252D 219L	173W 120D 191L
Goals for	1794	692
Goals against	917	638
Biggest win	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · 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	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

South Korea 6W 3D 1L

Goals

12–5

South Korea first

First meeting

2–0

South Korea won · 1978-07-27 · Merdeka Tournament

Most recent

2–0

South Korea won · 2022-02-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification

South Korea's biggest win

2–0

2022-02-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Syria's biggest win

1–0

1984-12-07 · AFC Asian Cup

Most common result

2–0

South Korea first · twice, last 2022-02-01

Current run

Unbeaten in 8

South Korea · since 2006-02-22

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-02-01	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-10-07	2–1	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-03-28	1–0	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-09-06	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2010-12-30	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2009-02-01	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2006-10-11	1–1	South Korea home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
2006-02-22	2–1	Syria home	AFC Asian Cup qualification
1984-12-07	0–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1978-07-27	2–0	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament