Head to head

Faroe Islands vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Faroe Islands at home

27% / 25% / 47%

Faroe Islands win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Faroe Islands–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

21% / 23% / 55%

Faroe Islands win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Faroe Islands–Northern Ireland

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Northern Ireland at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Faroe Islands win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Faroe Islands–Northern Ireland

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.5%

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

	Faroe Islands	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1436	1667
Elo rank	139th	73rd
Peak Elo	1566 (1991)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	287	707
All-time record	57W 36D 194L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	240	741
Goals against	644	1296
Biggest win	7–1 vs Åland Islands · 1989-07-12 · Island Games	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Iceland · 1985-07-10 · Friendly	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

Faroe Islands 0W 2D 4L

Goals

3–16

Faroe Islands first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1991-05-01 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

1–3

Northern Ireland won · 2015-09-04 · UEFA Euro qualification

Faroe Islands' biggest win

—

Never beaten Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's biggest win

5–0

1991-09-11 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

1–1

Faroe Islands first · twice, last 2010-10-12

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Northern Ireland · since 1991-05-01

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-09-04	1–3	Faroe Islands home	UEFA Euro qualification
2014-10-11	0–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2011-08-10	0–4	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2010-10-12	1–1	Faroe Islands home	UEFA Euro qualification
1991-09-11	0–5	Neutral	UEFA Euro qualification
1991-05-01	1–1	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification