Head to head

Botswana vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Botswana at home

19% / 22% / 59%

Botswana win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Botswana–Republic of Ireland

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

Neutral venue

14% / 20% / 66%

Botswana win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Botswana–Republic of Ireland

0–2 12.1%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.5%
0–3 8.3%

Republic of Ireland at home

9% / 17% / 73%

Botswana win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Botswana–Republic of Ireland

0–2 13.7%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.3%
1–2 9.1%
1–1 8.1%

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

	Botswana	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1388	1762
Elo rank	149th	48th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	332	633
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	268	858
Goals against	426	769
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.09

When they've met

Botswana and Republic of Ireland have never played each other.