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Head to head

Iran vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Iran at home
63% / 21% / 16%
Iran win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Iran–Northern Ireland
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.1%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.3%
Neutral venue
55% / 24% / 22%
Iran win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Iran–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 11.2%
  • 1–0 11.2%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 2–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 6.4%
Northern Ireland at home
47% / 25% / 28%
Iran win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Iran–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 1–0 10.6%
  • 2–1 9.3%
  • 2–0 8.2%
  • 0–1 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

 IranNorthern Ireland
Current Elo18891667
Elo rank25th73rd
Peak Elo1945 (2022)1758 (1986)
Matches played615707
All-time record349W 147D 119L185W 160D 362L
Goals for1158741
Goals against4861296
Biggest win19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.130.04

When they've met

Iran and Northern Ireland have never played each other.