Head to head

Finland vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Finland at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Finland win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Finland–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Finland win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Finland–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Northern Ireland at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Finland win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Finland–Northern Ireland

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

	Finland	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1616	1667
Elo rank	82nd	73rd
Peak Elo	1779 (2021)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	818	707
All-time record	216W 166D 436L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	960	741
Goals against	1675	1296
Biggest win	10–2 vs Estonia · 1922-08-11 · Friendly	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Germany · 1940-09-01 · 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	<0.01	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Finland 5W 2D 4L

Goals

18–12

Finland first

First meeting

1–0

Finland won · 1984-05-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

4–0

Finland won · 2023-11-17 · UEFA Euro qualification

Finland's biggest win

4–0

2023-11-17 · UEFA Euro qualification

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–1

2015-03-29 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

1–0

Finland first · 3 times, last 2023-03-26

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Finland · since 2015-10-11

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-11-17	4–0	Finland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2023-03-26	1–0	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2015-10-11	1–1	Finland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2015-03-29	1–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2012-08-15	3–3	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
2006-08-16	1–2	Finland home	Friendly
2003-02-12	1–0	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1999-10-09	4–1	Finland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1998-10-10	0–1	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1984-11-14	1–2	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1984-05-27	1–0	Finland home	FIFA World Cup qualification