Head to head

Ghana vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Ghana at home
46% / 25% / 28%
Ghana win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Ghana–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 2–0 8.1%
  • 0–1 7.9%
Neutral venue
38% / 26% / 36%
Ghana win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Ghana–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 9.4%
  • 2–1 8.3%
  • 1–2 8.0%
Northern Ireland at home
31% / 26% / 44%
Ghana win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Ghana–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.3%
  • 1–2 9.0%
  • 1–0 8.3%
  • 0–2 7.6%

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

 GhanaNorthern Ireland
Current Elo16821667
Elo rank69th73rd
Peak Elo1885 (2008)1758 (1986)
Matches played675707
All-time record312W 176D 187L185W 160D 362L
Goals for1054741
Goals against7031296
Biggest win12–0 vs Malawi · 1962-10-15 · Friendly7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss2–8 vs Brazil · 1996-03-27 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.04

When they've met

Ghana and Northern Ireland have never played each other.