Head to head

Ethiopia vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Ethiopia at home
25% / 24% / 51%
Ethiopia win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Ethiopia–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 11.6%
  • 0–1 10.9%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 0–2 9.0%
  • 1–0 7.1%
Neutral venue
19% / 22% / 59%
Ethiopia win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Ethiopia–Northern Ireland
  • 0–1 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.7%
  • 0–2 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 6.5%
Northern Ireland at home
14% / 20% / 66%
Ethiopia win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Ethiopia–Northern Ireland
  • 0–2 12.1%
  • 0–1 11.9%
  • 1–2 9.7%
  • 1–1 9.5%
  • 0–3 8.3%

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

 EthiopiaNorthern Ireland
Current Elo13931667
Elo rank148th73rd
Peak Elo1641 (1968)1758 (1986)
Matches played409707
All-time record144W 93D 172L185W 160D 362L
Goals for549741
Goals against5951296
Biggest win10–2 vs Djibouti · 1954-05-01 · Friendly7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–13 vs Iraq · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.04

When they've met

Ethiopia and Northern Ireland have never played each other.