Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Scotland

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Scotland win

Northern Ireland–Scotland

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Scotland win

Northern Ireland–Scotland

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

Scotland at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Scotland win

Northern Ireland–Scotland

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

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	Scotland
Current Elo	1667	1815
Elo rank	73rd	37th
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	1875 (2023)
Matches played	707	854
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	403W 182D 269L
Goals for	741	1455
Goals against	1296	1054
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.21
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.07

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 16W 17D 63L

Goals

82–258

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

0–5

Scotland won · 1884-01-26 · British Home Championship

Most recent

1–0

Northern Ireland won · 2024-03-26 · Friendly

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–0

1983-12-13 · British Home Championship

Scotland's biggest win

11–0

1901-02-23 · British Home Championship

Most common result

0–3

Northern Ireland first · 10 times, last 2011-02-09

Current run

Won the last meeting

Northern Ireland · since 2024-03-26

96 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-03-26	1–0	Scotland home	Friendly
2015-03-25	0–1	Scotland home	Friendly
2011-02-09	0–3	Neutral	Nations Cup
2008-08-20	0–0	Scotland home	Friendly
1992-02-19	0–1	Scotland home	Friendly
1983-12-13	2–0	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1983-05-24	0–0	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1982-04-28	1–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1981-10-14	0–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1981-05-19	0–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1981-03-25	1–1	Scotland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-05-16	1–0	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1979-05-22	0–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1978-05-13	1–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1977-06-01	0–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1976-05-08	0–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1975-05-20	0–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1974-05-11	1–0	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1973-05-16	2–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1972-05-20	0–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1971-05-18	1–0	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1970-04-18	0–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1969-05-06	1–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1967-10-21	1–0	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1966-11-16	1–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1965-10-02	3–2	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1964-11-25	2–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1963-10-12	2–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1962-11-07	1–5	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1961-10-07	1–6	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1960-11-09	2–5	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1959-10-03	0–4	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1958-11-05	2–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1957-10-05	1–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1956-11-07	0–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1955-10-08	2–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1954-11-03	2–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1953-10-03	1–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1952-11-05	1–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1951-10-06	0–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1950-11-01	1–6	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1949-10-01	2–8	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1948-11-17	2–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1947-10-04	2–0	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1946-11-27	0–0	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1938-10-08	0–2	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1937-11-10	1–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1936-10-31	1–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1935-11-13	1–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1934-10-20	2–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1933-09-16	2–1	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1932-09-17	0–4	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1931-09-19	1–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1931-02-21	0–0	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1930-02-22	1–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1929-02-23	3–7	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1928-02-25	1–0	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1927-02-26	0–2	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1926-02-27	0–4	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1925-02-28	0–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1924-03-01	0–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1923-03-03	0–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1922-03-04	1–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1921-02-26	0–2	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1920-03-13	0–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1914-03-14	1–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1913-03-15	1–2	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1912-03-16	1–4	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1911-03-18	0–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1910-03-19	1–0	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1909-03-15	0–5	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1908-03-14	0–5	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1907-03-16	0–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1906-03-17	0–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1905-03-18	0–4	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1904-03-26	1–1	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1903-03-21	2–0	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1902-03-01	1–5	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1901-02-23	0–11	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1900-03-03	0–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1899-03-25	1–9	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1898-03-26	0–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1897-03-27	1–5	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1896-03-28	3–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1895-03-30	1–3	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1894-03-31	1–2	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1893-03-25	1–6	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1892-03-19	2–3	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1891-03-28	1–2	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1890-03-29	1–4	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1889-03-09	0–7	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1888-03-24	2–10	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1887-02-19	1–4	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1886-03-20	2–7	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship
1885-03-14	2–8	Scotland home	British Home Championship
1884-01-26	0–5	Northern Ireland home	British Home Championship