Head to head

Brazil vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Brazil at home

76% / 16% / 8%

Brazil win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Brazil–Northern Ireland

2–0 14.2%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.0%
2–1 8.8%
1–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

69% / 19% / 12%

Brazil win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Brazil–Northern Ireland

2–0 12.7%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.0%
3–0 9.0%

Northern Ireland at home

62% / 22% / 17%

Brazil win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Brazil–Northern Ireland

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

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

	Brazil	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	2076	1667
Elo rank	6th	73rd
Peak Elo	2258 (2022)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	1064	707
All-time record	675W 217D 172L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	2315	741
Goals against	961	1296
Biggest win	10–1 vs Bolivia · 1949-04-10 · Copa América	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Germany · 2014-07-08 · FIFA World Cup	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	5	0
Expected World Cups	2.98	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Brazil 1W 0D 0L

Goals

3–0

Brazil first

First meeting

3–0

Brazil won · 1986-06-12 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

3–0

Brazil won · 1986-06-12 · FIFA World Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1986-06-12	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup