Head to head

South Korea vs United States

If they played today

South Korea at home

45% / 26% / 30%

South Korea win / draw / United States win

South Korea–United States

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

37% / 26% / 37%

South Korea win / draw / United States win

South Korea–United States

1–1 12.6%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.7%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.2%

United States at home

30% / 26% / 45%

South Korea win / draw / United States win

South Korea–United States

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.8%

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

	South Korea	United States
Current Elo	1842	1842
Elo rank	33rd	34th
Peak Elo	1940 (1980)	1973 (2021)
Matches played	1010	795
All-time record	539W 252D 219L	354W 161D 280L
Goals for	1794	1211
Goals against	917	1056
Biggest win	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	8–0 vs Barbados · 2008-06-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup	0–11 vs Norway · 1948-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.19	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

South Korea 5W 2D 3L

Goals

10–8

South Korea first

First meeting

1–0

South Korea won · 1956-10-31 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

South Korea won · 2025-09-06 · Friendly

South Korea's biggest win

2–0

2025-09-06 · Friendly

United States' biggest win

2–0

2014-02-01 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

South Korea first · 3 times, last 2001-12-09

Current run

Won the last meeting

South Korea · since 2025-09-06

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-09-06	2–0	United States home	Friendly
2014-02-01	0–2	United States home	Friendly
2002-06-10	1–1	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup
2002-01-19	1–2	United States home	Gold Cup
2001-12-09	1–0	South Korea home	Friendly
1994-03-12	1–1	United States home	Friendly
1994-03-05	0–1	United States home	Friendly
1989-08-13	2–1	United States home	Marlboro Cup
1987-06-12	1–0	South Korea home	Korea Cup
1956-10-31	1–0	South Korea home	Friendly