Head to head

Maldives vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Maldives at home

6% / 14% / 79%

Maldives win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Maldives–Northern Ireland

0–2 15.1%
0–1 12.4%
0–3 12.3%
1–2 8.2%
0–4 7.5%

Neutral venue

4% / 11% / 85%

Maldives win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Maldives–Northern Ireland

0–2 16.6%
0–3 14.6%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 9.6%
1–2 6.7%

Northern Ireland at home

2% / 9% / 89%

Maldives win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Maldives–Northern Ireland

0–2 17.9%
0–3 17.0%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 12.0%
0–5 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

	Maldives	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	997	1667
Elo rank	205th	73rd
Peak Elo	1450 (1979)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	233	707
All-time record	63W 38D 132L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	277	741
Goals against	526	1296
Biggest win	12–0 vs Mongolia · 2003-12-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–17 vs Iran · 1997-06-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.04

When they've met

Maldives and Northern Ireland have never played each other.