Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Northern Ireland–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

34% / 26% / 40%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Northern Ireland–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.0%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.8%

Saudi Arabia at home

27% / 25% / 48%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Northern Ireland–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.4%
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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1667	1705
Elo rank	73rd	62nd
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	707	744
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	741	1139
Goals against	1296	782
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.04

When they've met

Northern Ireland and Saudi Arabia have never played each other.