Head to head

Algeria vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Algeria at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Algeria win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Algeria–Northern Ireland

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.8%

Neutral venue

52% / 24% / 23%

Algeria win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Algeria–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

Northern Ireland at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Algeria win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Algeria–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

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

	Algeria	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1859	1667
Elo rank	29th	73rd
Peak Elo	1908 (2022)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	621	707
All-time record	289W 163D 169L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	958	741
Goals against	622	1296
Biggest win	15–1 vs Yemen · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–5 vs German DR · 1976-04-21 · Friendly	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Algeria 0W 1D 0L

Goals

1–1

Algeria first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1986-06-03 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 1986-06-03 · FIFA World Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1986-06-03	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup