Head to head

Denmark vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Denmark at home

65% / 21% / 15%

Denmark win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Denmark–Northern Ireland

2–0 11.8%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
3–0 7.9%

Neutral venue

57% / 23% / 20%

Denmark win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Denmark–Northern Ireland

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Northern Ireland at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Denmark win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Denmark–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

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

	Denmark	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1918	1667
Elo rank	21st	73rd
Peak Elo	2028 (2021)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	874	707
All-time record	402W 185D 287L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	1587	741
Goals against	1173	1296
Biggest win	17–1 vs France · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	1–11 vs Basque Country · 1937-08-29 · Friendly	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.04
European Championships won	1	0
Expected European Championships	0.56	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Denmark 6W 5D 3L

Goals

17–12

Denmark first

First meeting

1–2

Northern Ireland won · 1978-10-25 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

2–1

Denmark won · 2025-06-07 · Friendly

Denmark's biggest win

4–0

1979-06-06 · UEFA Euro qualification

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–0

2023-11-20 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

1–1

Denmark first · 4 times, last 2001-09-01

Current run

Won the last meeting

Denmark · since 2025-06-07

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-06-07	2–1	Denmark home	Friendly
2023-11-20	0–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2023-06-16	1–0	Denmark home	UEFA Euro qualification
2007-11-17	1–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2006-10-07	0–0	Denmark home	UEFA Euro qualification
2001-09-01	1–1	Denmark home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-10-07	1–1	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-10-13	1–0	Denmark home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-11-18	1–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1991-11-13	2–1	Denmark home	UEFA Euro qualification
1990-10-17	1–1	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1986-03-26	1–1	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1979-06-06	4–0	Denmark home	UEFA Euro qualification
1978-10-25	1–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification