Head to head

North Macedonia vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

North Macedonia at home

36% / 26% / 38%

North Macedonia win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

North Macedonia–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

North Macedonia win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

North Macedonia–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

Republic of Ireland at home

22% / 24% / 54%

North Macedonia win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

North Macedonia–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 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

	North Macedonia	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1650	1762
Elo rank	79th	49th
Peak Elo	1726 (2022)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	306	633
All-time record	95W 80D 131L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	365	858
Goals against	412	769
Biggest win	11–1 vs Liechtenstein · 1996-11-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs England · 2023-06-19 · 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	<0.01	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

North Macedonia 1W 2D 4L

Goals

5–11

North Macedonia first

First meeting

0–3

Republic of Ireland won · 1996-10-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2026-03-31 · Friendly

North Macedonia's biggest win

3–2

1997-04-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

3–0

1996-10-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Republic of Ireland · since 1999-06-09

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-03-31	0–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
2011-06-04	0–2	North Macedonia home	UEFA Euro qualification
2011-03-26	1–2	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1999-10-09	1–1	North Macedonia home	UEFA Euro qualification
1999-06-09	0–1	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1997-04-02	3–2	North Macedonia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-10-09	0–3	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification