Head to head

Malta vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Malta at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Malta win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Malta–Republic of Ireland

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

Neutral venue

12% / 19% / 69%

Malta win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Malta–Republic of Ireland

0–2 12.6%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
0–3 8.9%

Republic of Ireland at home

8% / 16% / 75%

Malta win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Malta–Republic of Ireland

0–2 14.1%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 10.9%
1–2 8.9%
1–1 7.7%

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	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1358	1762
Elo rank	155th	48th
Peak Elo	1513 (1960)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	458	633
All-time record	65W 78D 315L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	298	858
Goals against	1027	769
Biggest win	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.09
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.00	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Malta 0W 0D 8L

Goals

2–25

Malta first

First meeting

0–1

Republic of Ireland won · 1983-03-30 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

0–1

Republic of Ireland won · 2022-11-20 · Friendly

Malta's biggest win

—

Never beaten Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

8–0

1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

0–1

Malta first · twice, last 2022-11-20

Current run

Won last 8

Republic of Ireland · since 1983-03-30

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-11-20	0–1	Malta home	Friendly
1999-09-08	2–3	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification
1998-10-14	0–5	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1990-06-02	0–3	Malta home	Friendly
1989-11-15	0–2	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-05-28	0–2	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1983-11-16	0–8	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1983-03-30	0–1	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification