Head to head

Belgium vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Belgium at home

73% / 17% / 10%

Belgium win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Belgium–Northern Ireland

2–0 13.6%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.2%
2–1 9.2%
1–1 8.2%

Neutral venue

66% / 20% / 14%

Belgium win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Belgium–Northern Ireland

2–0 12.1%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.6%
3–0 8.2%

Northern Ireland at home

58% / 23% / 19%

Belgium win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Belgium–Northern Ireland

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
2–0 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.4%

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

	Belgium	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	2036	1667
Elo rank	9th	73rd
Peak Elo	2209 (2021)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	859	707
All-time record	385W 183D 291L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	1564	741
Goals against	1297	1296
Biggest win	10–1 vs San Marino · 2001-02-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	1–9 vs Netherlands · 1959-10-04 · Friendly	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.39	0.04
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.73	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Belgium 1W 0D 2L

Goals

2–6

Belgium first

First meeting

2–0

Belgium won · 1976-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–3

Northern Ireland won · 1997-02-11 · Friendly

Belgium's biggest win

2–0

1976-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Northern Ireland's biggest win

3–0

1997-02-11 · Friendly

Most common result

0–3

Belgium first · twice, last 1997-02-11

Current run

Won last 2

Northern Ireland · since 1977-11-16

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1997-02-11	0–3	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1977-11-16	0–3	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1976-11-10	2–0	Belgium home	FIFA World Cup qualification