Head to head

North Korea vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

North Korea at home

31% / 26% / 43%

North Korea win / draw / Northern Ireland win

North Korea–Northern Ireland

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
2–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

25% / 25% / 51%

North Korea win / draw / Northern Ireland win

North Korea–Northern Ireland

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.1%

Northern Ireland at home

19% / 23% / 59%

North Korea win / draw / Northern Ireland win

North Korea–Northern Ireland

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

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

	North Korea	Northern Ireland
Current Elo	1494	1667
Elo rank	114th	73rd
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1758 (1986)
Matches played	390	707
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	185W 160D 362L
Goals for	628	741
Goals against	435	1296
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.04

When they've met

North Korea and Northern Ireland have never played each other.