Head to head

Albania vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Albania at home

38% / 26% / 36%

Albania win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Albania–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.0%

Neutral venue

30% / 26% / 44%

Albania win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Albania–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.3%
0–2 7.6%

Republic of Ireland at home

24% / 24% / 52%

Albania win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Albania–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.2%
1–0 6.9%

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

	Albania	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1676	1762
Elo rank	71st	48th
Peak Elo	1736 (2025)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	398	633
All-time record	110W 84D 204L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	377	858
Goals against	589	769
Biggest win	6–1 vs Cyprus · 2009-08-12 · Friendly	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–12 vs Hungary · 1950-09-24 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.09
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Albania 0W 1D 3L

Goals

2–6

Albania first

First meeting

0–2

Republic of Ireland won · 1992-05-26 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–2

Republic of Ireland won · 2003-06-07 · UEFA Euro qualification

Albania's biggest win

—

Never beaten Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

2–0

1992-05-26 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–2

Albania first · twice, last 2003-06-07

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Republic of Ireland · since 1992-05-26

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-06-07	1–2	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2003-04-02	0–0	Albania home	UEFA Euro qualification
1993-05-26	1–2	Albania home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-05-26	0–2	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification