Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Slovakia

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

39% / 26% / 34%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Slovakia win

Northern Ireland–Slovakia

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

Neutral venue

32% / 26% / 42%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Slovakia win

Northern Ireland–Slovakia

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.6%
2–1 7.5%

Slovakia at home

25% / 25% / 50%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Slovakia win

Northern Ireland–Slovakia

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.2%

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	Slovakia
Current Elo	1667	1734
Elo rank	73rd	54th
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	1815 (2017)
Matches played	707	367
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	149W 86D 132L
Goals for	741	518
Goals against	1296	458
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	7–0 vs San Marino · 2009-06-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–6 vs Germany · 2025-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	<0.01
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.03

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 2W 1D 4L

Goals

5–7

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

1–0

Northern Ireland won · 1998-03-25 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Slovakia won · 2025-11-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–0

2025-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Slovakia's biggest win

2–0

2009-09-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–2

Northern Ireland first · twice, last 2020-11-12

Current run

Won the last meeting

Slovakia · since 2025-11-14

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-11-14	0–1	Slovakia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2025-10-10	2–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2020-11-12	1–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2016-06-04	0–0	Slovakia home	Friendly
2009-09-09	0–2	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-09-06	1–2	Slovakia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1998-03-25	1–0	Northern Ireland home	Friendly