Head to head

Italy vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Italy at home

58% / 23% / 19%

Italy win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Italy–Republic of Ireland

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

50% / 25% / 26%

Italy win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Italy–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.8%
0–1 7.3%

Republic of Ireland at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Italy win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Italy–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.5%

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

	Italy	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1922	1762
Elo rank	19th	49th
Peak Elo	2140 (2021)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	893	633
All-time record	477W 243D 173L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	1565	858
Goals against	876	769
Biggest win	10–0 vs United States · 1975-04-02 · Friendly	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1924-04-06 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	4	0
Expected World Cups	1.66	0.09
European Championships won	2	0
Expected European Championships	1.29	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Italy 8W 3D 3L

Goals

20–10

Italy first

First meeting

3–0

Italy won · 1926-03-21 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Republic of Ireland won · 2016-06-22 · UEFA Euro

Italy's biggest win

3–0

1970-12-08 · UEFA Euro qualification

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

2–0

2011-06-07 · Friendly

Most common result

2–1

Italy first · 3 times, last 2005-08-17

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Republic of Ireland · since 2014-05-31

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-06-22	0–1	Neutral	UEFA Euro
2014-05-31	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
2012-06-18	2–0	Neutral	UEFA Euro
2011-06-07	0–2	Neutral	Friendly
2009-10-10	2–2	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-04-01	1–1	Italy home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2005-08-17	2–1	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1994-06-18	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1992-06-04	2–0	Neutral	USA Cup
1990-06-30	1–0	Italy home	FIFA World Cup
1985-02-05	2–1	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1971-05-10	2–1	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1970-12-08	3–0	Italy home	UEFA Euro qualification
1926-03-21	3–0	Italy home	Friendly