Head to head

Benin vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Benin at home
35% / 26% / 39%
Benin win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Benin–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.2%
  • 1–2 8.5%
  • 2–1 7.9%
Neutral venue
28% / 25% / 47%
Benin win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Benin–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 0–1 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 0–2 8.2%
  • 1–0 7.7%
Northern Ireland at home
21% / 23% / 55%
Benin win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Benin–Northern Ireland
  • 0–1 11.2%
  • 1–1 11.2%
  • 0–2 9.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–0 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

 BeninNorthern Ireland
Current Elo15401667
Elo rank98th73rd
Peak Elo1607 (2020)1758 (1986)
Matches played325707
All-time record84W 79D 162L185W 160D 362L
Goals for352741
Goals against5611296
Biggest win7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.04

When they've met

Benin and Northern Ireland have never played each other.