Head to head

Cape Verde vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Cape Verde at home
47% / 25% / 27%
Cape Verde win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Cape Verde–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 1–0 10.6%
  • 2–1 9.4%
  • 2–0 8.3%
  • 0–1 7.6%
Neutral venue
39% / 26% / 34%
Cape Verde win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Cape Verde–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.9%
  • 0–1 9.1%
  • 2–1 8.5%
  • 1–2 7.8%
Northern Ireland at home
32% / 26% / 42%
Cape Verde win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Cape Verde–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 0–1 10.2%
  • 1–2 8.9%
  • 1–0 8.6%
  • 2–1 7.5%

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

 Cape VerdeNorthern Ireland
Current Elo16991667
Elo rank64th73rd
Peak Elo1702 (2026)1758 (1986)
Matches played239707
All-time record89W 59D 91L185W 160D 362L
Goals for262741
Goals against2701296
Biggest win7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups<0.010.04

When they've met

Cape Verde and Northern Ireland have never played each other.