Head to head

China vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

China at home

36% / 26% / 38%

China win / draw / Northern Ireland win

China–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

China win / draw / Northern Ireland win

China–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

Northern Ireland at home

22% / 24% / 54%

China win / draw / Northern Ireland win

China–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.5%

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

	China	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1553	1667
Elo rank	93rd	73rd
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	702	707
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	1285	741
Goals against	768	1296
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.04

When they've met

China and Northern Ireland have never played each other.