Head to head

Malta vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Malta at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Malta win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Malta–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

17% / 22% / 62%

Malta win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Malta–Northern Ireland

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.1%

Northern Ireland at home

12% / 19% / 69%

Malta win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Malta–Northern Ireland

0–2 12.7%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.0%
0–3 9.0%

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

	Malta	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1358	1667
Elo rank	155th	73rd
Peak Elo	1513 (1960)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	458	707
All-time record	65W 78D 315L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	298	741
Goals against	1027	1296
Biggest win	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.04
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.00	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Malta 0W 2D 6L

Goals

1–14

Malta first

First meeting

0–3

Northern Ireland won · 1988-05-21 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–3

Northern Ireland won · 2021-05-30 · Friendly

Malta's biggest win

—

Never beaten Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's biggest win

3–0

2021-05-30 · Friendly

Most common result

0–3

Malta first · 3 times, last 2021-05-30

Current run

Unbeaten in 8

Northern Ireland · since 1988-05-21

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-05-30	0–3	Neutral	Friendly
2013-02-06	0–0	Malta home	Friendly
2005-08-17	1–1	Malta home	Friendly
2001-10-06	0–1	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-09-02	0–1	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-03-28	0–3	Malta home	Friendly
1989-04-26	0–2	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1988-05-21	0–3	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification