Head to head

Argentina vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Argentina at home

80% / 14% / 6%

Argentina win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Argentina–Republic of Ireland

2–0 15.4%
3–0 12.7%
1–0 12.4%
2–1 7.9%
4–0 7.9%

Neutral venue

74% / 17% / 9%

Argentina win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Argentina–Republic of Ireland

2–0 13.9%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.5%
2–1 9.0%
1–1 7.9%

Republic of Ireland at home

67% / 20% / 13%

Argentina win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Argentina–Republic of Ireland

2–0 12.4%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.3%
3–0 8.6%

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

	Argentina	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	2250	1762
Elo rank	2nd	49th
Peak Elo	2279 (2026)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	1077	633
All-time record	599W 257D 221L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	2047	858
Goals against	1083	769
Biggest win	12–0 vs Ecuador · 1942-01-22 · Copa América	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Spain · 2018-03-27 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	3	0
Expected World Cups	1.79	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Argentina 4W 1D 0L

Goals

5–0

Argentina first

First meeting

1–0

Argentina won · 1951-05-13 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Argentina won · 2010-08-11 · Friendly

Argentina's biggest win

2–0

1998-04-22 · Friendly

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

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Never beaten Argentina

Most common result

1–0

Argentina first · 3 times, last 2010-08-11

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Argentina · since 1951-05-13

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-08-11	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1998-04-22	2–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1980-05-16	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1979-05-29	0–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1951-05-13	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly