Head to head

Cyprus vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Cyprus at home

23% / 24% / 52%

Cyprus win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Cyprus–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.3%
1–0 6.8%

Neutral venue

18% / 22% / 60%

Cyprus win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Cyprus–Northern Ireland

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.8%

Northern Ireland at home

13% / 19% / 68%

Cyprus win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Cyprus–Northern Ireland

0–2 12.4%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.3%
0–3 8.6%

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

	Cyprus	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1374	1667
Elo rank	152nd	73rd
Peak Elo	1581 (2010)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	426	707
All-time record	82W 72D 272L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	375	741
Goals against	927	1296
Biggest win	5–0 vs San Marino · 2019-03-21 · UEFA Euro qualification	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–12 vs Germany · 1969-05-21 · FIFA World Cup qualification	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.04
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.00	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Cyprus 1W 4D 3L

Goals

3–13

Cyprus first

First meeting

0–3

Northern Ireland won · 1971-02-03 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2022-06-12 · UEFA Nations League

Cyprus' biggest win

1–0

1973-02-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Northern Ireland's biggest win

5–0

1971-04-21 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

0–0

Cyprus first · 3 times, last 2022-06-05

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Northern Ireland · since 1973-05-08

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-06-12	2–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Nations League
2022-06-05	0–0	Cyprus home	UEFA Nations League
2014-03-05	0–0	Cyprus home	Friendly
2002-08-21	0–0	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1973-05-08	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1973-02-14	1–0	Cyprus home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1971-04-21	0–5	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1971-02-03	0–3	Cyprus home	UEFA Euro qualification