Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Romania

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Romania win

Northern Ireland–Romania

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

34% / 26% / 39%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Romania win

Northern Ireland–Romania

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.8%

Romania at home

27% / 25% / 47%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Romania win

Northern Ireland–Romania

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.6%

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

	Northern Ireland	Romania
Current Elo	1667	1699
Elo rank	73rd	65th
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	1934 (2007)
Matches played	707	766
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	335W 195D 236L
Goals for	741	1239
Goals against	1296	977
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	9–0 vs Finland · 1973-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1948-06-06 · Balkan Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.21
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 3W 4D 2L

Goals

9–9

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

3–2

Northern Ireland won · 1984-09-12 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2024-03-22 · Friendly

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–0

1994-03-23 · Friendly

Romania's biggest win

2–0

2014-11-14 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

1–1

Northern Ireland first · 3 times, last 2024-03-22

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Romania · since 2006-05-26

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-03-22	1–1	Romania home	Friendly
2020-11-18	1–1	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Nations League
2020-09-04	1–1	Romania home	UEFA Nations League
2015-06-13	0–0	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2014-11-14	0–2	Romania home	UEFA Euro qualification
2006-05-26	0–2	Neutral	Friendly
1994-03-23	2–0	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1985-10-16	1–0	Romania home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1984-09-12	3–2	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification