Head to head

Czechoslovakia vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Czechoslovakia at home

56% / 23% / 21%

Czechoslovakia win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Czechoslovakia–Northern Ireland

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

48% / 25% / 27%

Czechoslovakia win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Czechoslovakia–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.6%

Northern Ireland at home

40% / 26% / 34%

Czechoslovakia win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Czechoslovakia–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.8%

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

	Czechoslovakia	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1805	1667
Elo rank	39th	73rd
Peak Elo	1875 (1976)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	520	707
All-time record	236W 119D 165L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	984	741
Goals against	721	1296
Biggest win	7–0 vs Serbia · 1925-10-28 · Friendly	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	3–8 vs Hungary · 1937-09-19 · Central European International Cup	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.43	0.04
European Championships won	1	0
Expected European Championships	0.40	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Czechoslovakia 0W 0D 2L

Goals

1–3

Czechoslovakia first

First meeting

0–1

Northern Ireland won · 1958-06-08 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–2

Northern Ireland won · 1958-06-17 · FIFA World Cup

Czechoslovakia's biggest win

—

Never beaten Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–1

1958-06-17 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won last 2

Northern Ireland · since 1958-06-08

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1958-06-17	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1958-06-08	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup