Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Russia

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
31% / 26% / 43%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Russia win
Northern Ireland–Russia
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 0–1 10.3%
  • 1–2 8.9%
  • 1–0 8.4%
  • 0–2 7.5%
Neutral venue
24% / 24% / 51%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Russia win
Northern Ireland–Russia
  • 1–1 11.6%
  • 0–1 10.9%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 0–2 9.0%
  • 1–0 7.0%
Russia at home
18% / 22% / 59%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Russia win
Northern Ireland–Russia
  • 0–1 11.5%
  • 1–1 10.6%
  • 0–2 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 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

 Northern IrelandRussia
Current Elo16671845
Elo rank73rd31st
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1970 (1983)
Matches played707749
All-time record185W 160D 362L385W 197D 167L
Goals for7411301
Goals against1296735
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.73
European Championships won01
Expected European Championships<0.011.55

When they've met

Meetings
6
Northern Ireland 1W 2D 3L
Goals
2–6
Northern Ireland first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 1969-09-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most recent
1–0
Northern Ireland won · 2013-08-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Northern Ireland's biggest win
1–0
2013-08-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Russia's biggest win
2–0
2012-09-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most common result
0–2
Northern Ireland first · twice, last 2012-09-07
Current run
Won the last meeting
Northern Ireland · since 2013-08-14
6 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2013-08-141–0Northern Ireland homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2012-09-070–2Russia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1971-10-131–1Northern Ireland homeUEFA Euro qualification
1971-09-220–1Russia homeUEFA Euro qualification
1969-10-220–2NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
1969-09-100–0Northern Ireland homeFIFA World Cup qualification