Head to head

Finland vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Finland at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Finland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Finland–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Finland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Finland–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.5%
1–0 7.4%

Republic of Ireland at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Finland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Finland–Republic of Ireland

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

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

	Finland	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1616	1762
Elo rank	82nd	49th
Peak Elo	1779 (2021)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	818	633
All-time record	216W 166D 436L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	960	858
Goals against	1675	769
Biggest win	10–2 vs Estonia · 1922-08-11 · Friendly	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Germany · 1940-09-01 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.09
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Finland 2W 2D 5L

Goals

5–14

Finland first

First meeting

0–3

Republic of Ireland won · 1949-09-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–1

Republic of Ireland won · 2024-11-14 · UEFA Nations League

Finland's biggest win

1–0

2020-10-14 · UEFA Nations League

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

3–0

2002-08-21 · Friendly

Most common result

0–3

Finland first · 3 times, last 2002-08-21

Current run

Won last 2

Republic of Ireland · since 2024-10-10

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-14	0–1	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Nations League
2024-10-10	1–2	Finland home	UEFA Nations League
2020-10-14	1–0	Finland home	UEFA Nations League
2020-09-06	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Nations League
2002-08-21	0–3	Finland home	Friendly
2000-11-15	0–3	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1990-05-16	1–1	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1949-10-09	1–1	Finland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1949-09-08	0–3	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification