Head to head

Afghanistan vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Afghanistan at home
13% / 19% / 68%
Afghanistan win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Afghanistan–Northern Ireland
  • 0–2 12.5%
  • 0–1 11.9%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.2%
  • 0–3 8.7%
Neutral venue
9% / 17% / 75%
Afghanistan win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Afghanistan–Northern Ireland
  • 0–2 14.0%
  • 0–1 12.2%
  • 0–3 10.7%
  • 1–2 9.0%
  • 1–1 7.8%
Northern Ireland at home
6% / 14% / 81%
Afghanistan win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Afghanistan–Northern Ireland
  • 0–2 15.5%
  • 0–3 12.8%
  • 0–1 12.4%
  • 0–4 8.0%
  • 1–2 7.9%

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

 AfghanistanNorthern Ireland
Current Elo11731667
Elo rank185th73rd
Peak Elo1481 (1941)1758 (1986)
Matches played147707
All-time record36W 34D 77L185W 160D 362L
Goals for142741
Goals against2931296
Biggest win8–1 vs Bhutan · 2011-12-07 · SAFF Cup7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–11 vs Turkmenistan · 2003-11-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.04

When they've met

Afghanistan and Northern Ireland have never played each other.