Head to head

DR Congo vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

DR Congo at home

56% / 23% / 20%

DR Congo win / draw / Northern Ireland win

DR Congo–Northern Ireland

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

48% / 25% / 27%

DR Congo win / draw / Northern Ireland win

DR Congo–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.5%
0–1 7.5%

Northern Ireland at home

40% / 26% / 34%

DR Congo win / draw / Northern Ireland win

DR Congo–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

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

	DR Congo	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1810	1667
Elo rank	38th	73rd
Peak Elo	1819 (2026)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	528	707
All-time record	207W 145D 176L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	784	741
Goals against	632	1296
Biggest win	10–1 vs Zambia · 1969-11-22 · Friendly	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Serbia · 1974-06-18 · FIFA World Cup	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.04

When they've met

DR Congo and Northern Ireland have never played each other.