Head to head

Netherlands vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Netherlands at home

74% / 17% / 9%

Netherlands win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Netherlands–Northern Ireland

2–0 13.8%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
1–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

67% / 20% / 13%

Netherlands win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Netherlands–Northern Ireland

2–0 12.2%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
3–0 8.4%

Northern Ireland at home

59% / 22% / 18%

Netherlands win / draw / Northern Ireland win

Netherlands–Northern Ireland

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

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

	Netherlands	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	2048	1667
Elo rank	8th	73rd
Peak Elo	2198 (2014)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	883	707
All-time record	455W 200D 228L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	1852	741
Goals against	1081	1296
Biggest win	11–0 vs San Marino · 2011-09-02 · UEFA Euro qualification	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Germany · 1959-10-21 · Friendly	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.83	0.04
European Championships won	1	0
Expected European Championships	1.39	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Netherlands 4W 3D 1L

Goals

17–5

Netherlands first

First meeting

4–0

Netherlands won · 1962-05-09 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2019-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification

Netherlands' biggest win

6–0

2012-06-02 · Friendly

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–1

1965-03-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–0

Netherlands first · twice, last 2019-11-16

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Netherlands · since 1965-04-07

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-11-16	0–0	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2019-10-10	3–1	Netherlands home	UEFA Euro qualification
2012-06-02	6–0	Netherlands home	Friendly
1977-10-12	1–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1976-10-13	2–2	Netherlands home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1965-04-07	0–0	Netherlands home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1965-03-17	1–2	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1962-05-09	4–0	Netherlands home	Friendly