Head to head

Iceland vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Iceland at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Iceland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Iceland–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

28% / 25% / 47%

Iceland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Iceland–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.8%

Republic of Ireland at home

22% / 24% / 55%

Iceland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Iceland–Republic of Ireland

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

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

	Iceland	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1639	1762
Elo rank	81st	48th
Peak Elo	1885 (2017)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	522	633
All-time record	159W 102D 261L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	632	858
Goals against	876	769
Biggest win	9–0 vs Faroe Islands · 1985-07-10 · Friendly	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	2–14 vs Denmark · 1967-08-23 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.09
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Iceland 1W 2D 5L

Goals

7–16

Iceland first

First meeting

2–4

Republic of Ireland won · 1962-08-12 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

1–0

Iceland won · 2017-03-28 · Friendly

Iceland's biggest win

1–0

2017-03-28 · Friendly

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

3–0

1983-09-21 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

2–4

Iceland first · twice, last 1997-09-06

Current run

Won the last meeting

Iceland · since 2017-03-28

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2017-03-28	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1997-09-06	2–4	Iceland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-11-10	0–0	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1986-05-25	1–2	Iceland home	Friendly
1983-09-21	0–3	Iceland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1982-10-13	0–2	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1962-09-02	1–1	Iceland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1962-08-12	2–4	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification