Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Norway

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Norway win

Northern Ireland–Norway

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 64%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Norway win

Northern Ireland–Norway

0–1 11.8%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.8%

Norway at home

11% / 18% / 72%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Norway win

Northern Ireland–Norway

0–2 13.3%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.7%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.5%

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

	Northern Ireland	Norway
Current Elo	1667	2014
Elo rank	73rd	11th
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	2034 (2026)
Matches played	707	878
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	332W 196D 350L
Goals for	741	1364
Goals against	1296	1427
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	12–0 vs Finland · 1946-06-28 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–12 vs Denmark · 1917-10-07 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.11
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 2W 0D 10L

Goals

11–27

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

1–2

Norway won · 1922-05-25 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Norway won · 2020-10-14 · UEFA Nations League

Northern Ireland's biggest win

3–0

1975-10-29 · UEFA Euro qualification

Norway's biggest win

5–1

2020-09-07 · UEFA Nations League

Most common result

0–1

Northern Ireland first · twice, last 2020-10-14

Current run

Won last 3

Norway · since 2017-10-08

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2020-10-14	0–1	Norway home	UEFA Nations League
2020-09-07	1–5	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Nations League
2017-10-08	0–1	Norway home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-03-26	2–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2012-02-29	0–3	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
2004-02-18	1–4	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
2001-02-28	0–4	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1996-03-27	0–2	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1990-03-27	2–3	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1975-10-29	3–0	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1974-09-04	1–2	Norway home	UEFA Euro qualification
1922-05-25	1–2	Norway home	Friendly