Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

37% / 26% / 36%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

Neutral venue

30% / 26% / 44%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.2%
0–2 7.7%

Republic of Ireland at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.3%
1–0 6.8%

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	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1667	1762
Elo rank	73rd	48th
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	707	633
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	741	858
Goals against	1296	769
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.09
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 2W 5D 4L

Goals

4–17

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1978-09-20 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2018-11-15 · Friendly

Northern Ireland's biggest win

1–0

1999-05-29 · Friendly

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

5–0

2011-05-24 · Nations Cup

Most common result

0–0

Northern Ireland first · 3 times, last 2018-11-15

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Republic of Ireland · since 2011-05-24

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-11-15	0–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
2011-05-24	0–5	Republic of Ireland home	Nations Cup
1999-05-29	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1995-03-29	1–1	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1994-11-16	0–4	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1993-11-17	1–1	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-03-31	0–3	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-10-11	0–3	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1988-09-14	0–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1979-11-21	1–0	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1978-09-20	0–0	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification