Head to head

Iraq vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Iraq at home
45% / 26% / 29%
Iraq win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Iraq–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 0–1 8.0%
  • 2–0 7.9%
Neutral venue
37% / 26% / 36%
Iraq win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Iraq–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 9.6%
  • 2–1 8.2%
  • 1–2 8.1%
Northern Ireland at home
30% / 26% / 44%
Iraq win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Iraq–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 8.2%
  • 0–2 7.7%

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

 IraqNorthern Ireland
Current Elo16731667
Elo rank72nd73rd
Peak Elo1844 (1984)1758 (1986)
Matches played658707
All-time record304W 188D 166L185W 160D 362L
Goals for1006741
Goals against6211296
Biggest win13–0 vs Ethiopia · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–6 vs Chile · 2013-08-14 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.04

When they've met

Iraq and Northern Ireland have never played each other.