Head to head

New Zealand vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

New Zealand at home
47% / 25% / 28%
New Zealand win / draw / Northern Ireland win
New Zealand–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 1–0 10.6%
  • 2–1 9.3%
  • 2–0 8.2%
  • 0–1 7.8%
Neutral venue
39% / 26% / 35%
New Zealand win / draw / Northern Ireland win
New Zealand–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 9.3%
  • 2–1 8.4%
  • 1–2 7.9%
Northern Ireland at home
31% / 26% / 43%
New Zealand win / draw / Northern Ireland win
New Zealand–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 0–1 10.3%
  • 1–2 8.9%
  • 1–0 8.4%
  • 0–2 7.5%

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

 New ZealandNorthern Ireland
Current Elo16891667
Elo rank68th73rd
Peak Elo1825 (2025)1758 (1986)
Matches played419707
All-time record172W 74D 173L185W 160D 362L
Goals for733741
Goals against6341296
Biggest win13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.04

When they've met

Meetings
1
New Zealand 0W 0D 1L
Goals
0–1
New Zealand first
First meeting
0–1
Northern Ireland won · 2017-06-02 · Friendly
Most recent
0–1
Northern Ireland won · 2017-06-02 · Friendly
1 meeting
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2017-06-020–1Northern Ireland homeFriendly