Head to head

Kuwait vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Kuwait at home

30% / 26% / 44%

Kuwait win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Kuwait–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.2%
0–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

23% / 24% / 52%

Kuwait win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Kuwait–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.3%
1–0 6.8%

Northern Ireland at home

18% / 22% / 60%

Kuwait win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Kuwait–Northern Ireland

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.8%

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

	Kuwait	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1475	1667
Elo rank	120th	73rd
Peak Elo	1800 (1977)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	684	707
All-time record	285W 179D 220L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	1067	741
Goals against	770	1296
Biggest win	20–0 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-14 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Portugal · 2003-11-19 · Friendly	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.04

When they've met

Kuwait and Northern Ireland have never played each other.