Head to head

Mali vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Mali at home
48% / 25% / 27%
Mali win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Mali–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 11.9%
  • 1–0 10.7%
  • 2–1 9.4%
  • 2–0 8.5%
  • 0–1 7.5%
Neutral venue
40% / 26% / 34%
Mali win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Mali–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.0%
  • 0–1 9.0%
  • 2–1 8.6%
  • 1–2 7.7%
Northern Ireland at home
32% / 26% / 41%
Mali win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Mali–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.1%
  • 1–2 8.8%
  • 1–0 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.6%

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

 MaliNorthern Ireland
Current Elo17091667
Elo rank60th73rd
Peak Elo1773 (2024)1758 (1986)
Matches played569707
All-time record232W 151D 186L185W 160D 362L
Goals for746741
Goals against6261296
Biggest win6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.04

When they've met

Mali and Northern Ireland have never played each other.