Head to head

German DR vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

German DR at home
50% / 25% / 25%
German DR win / draw / Northern Ireland win
German DR–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 11.7%
  • 1–0 10.8%
  • 2–1 9.5%
  • 2–0 8.8%
  • 0–1 7.2%
Neutral venue
42% / 26% / 32%
German DR win / draw / Northern Ireland win
German DR–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 1–0 10.2%
  • 2–1 8.8%
  • 0–1 8.6%
  • 1–2 7.5%
Northern Ireland at home
34% / 26% / 40%
German DR win / draw / Northern Ireland win
German DR–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.1%
  • 1–2 8.5%
  • 2–1 7.8%

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

 German DRNorthern Ireland
Current Elo17321667
Elo rank55th73rd
Peak Elo1895 (1974)1758 (1986)
Matches played298707
All-time record140W 66D 92L185W 160D 362L
Goals for506741
Goals against3611296
Biggest win12–1 vs Sri Lanka · 1964-01-12 · Friendly7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–5 vs Hungary · 1952-05-18 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.060.04
European Championships won00
Expected European Championships0.00<0.01

When they've met

German DR and Northern Ireland have never played each other.