Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home
44% / 26% / 30%
Burkina Faso win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Burkina Faso–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 1–0 10.3%
  • 2–1 9.0%
  • 0–1 8.3%
  • 2–0 7.6%
Neutral venue
36% / 26% / 38%
Burkina Faso win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Burkina Faso–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.8%
  • 1–0 9.4%
  • 1–2 8.3%
  • 2–1 8.0%
Northern Ireland at home
29% / 25% / 46%
Burkina Faso win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Burkina Faso–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 0–1 10.5%
  • 1–2 9.2%
  • 0–2 8.0%
  • 1–0 7.9%

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

 Burkina FasoNorthern Ireland
Current Elo16531667
Elo rank78th73rd
Peak Elo1726 (2017)1758 (1986)
Matches played464707
All-time record164W 123D 177L185W 160D 362L
Goals for580741
Goals against6171296
Biggest win6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.04

When they've met

Burkina Faso and Northern Ireland have never played each other.