Head to head

Croatia vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Croatia at home

59% / 22% / 18%

Croatia win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Croatia–Republic of Ireland

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

51% / 24% / 24%

Croatia win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Croatia–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 7.0%

Republic of Ireland at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Croatia win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Croatia–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 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

	Croatia	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1943	1762
Elo rank	17th	49th
Peak Elo	2057 (2023)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	400	633
All-time record	211W 104D 85L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	694	858
Goals against	407	769
Biggest win	10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.14	0.09
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.27	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Croatia 2W 3D 2L

Goals

8–8

Croatia first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1996-06-02 · Friendly

Most recent

3–1

Croatia won · 2012-06-10 · UEFA Euro

Croatia's biggest win

3–1

2012-06-10 · UEFA Euro

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

2–0

1998-09-05 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

2–2

Croatia first · twice, last 2001-08-15

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Croatia · since 2011-08-10

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-06-10	3–1	Neutral	UEFA Euro
2011-08-10	0–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
2004-11-16	0–1	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
2001-08-15	2–2	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1999-09-04	1–0	Croatia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1998-09-05	0–2	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1996-06-02	2–2	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly