Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Sierra Leone

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
60% / 22% / 18%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Northern Ireland–Sierra Leone
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.9%
  • 1–1 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.9%
Neutral venue
53% / 24% / 23%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Northern Ireland–Sierra Leone
  • 1–1 11.5%
  • 1–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.3%
  • 0–1 6.8%
Sierra Leone at home
44% / 26% / 30%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Northern Ireland–Sierra Leone
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 0–1 8.2%
  • 2–0 7.7%

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 IrelandSierra Leone
Current Elo16671472
Elo rank73rd122nd
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1654 (1996)
Matches played707301
All-time record185W 160D 362L91W 78D 132L
Goals for741290
Goals against1296415
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.00

When they've met

Northern Ireland and Sierra Leone have never played each other.