Head to head

Northern Ireland vs South Korea

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

31% / 26% / 43%

Northern Ireland win / draw / South Korea win

Northern Ireland–South Korea

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
0–2 7.4%

Neutral venue

25% / 24% / 51%

Northern Ireland win / draw / South Korea win

Northern Ireland–South Korea

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.1%

South Korea at home

19% / 22% / 59%

Northern Ireland win / draw / South Korea win

Northern Ireland–South Korea

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

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	South Korea
Current Elo	1667	1842
Elo rank	73rd	33rd
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	707	1010
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	741	1794
Goals against	1296	917
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 1W 0D 0L

Goals

2–1

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

2–1

Northern Ireland won · 2018-03-24 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

Northern Ireland won · 2018-03-24 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-03-24	2–1	Northern Ireland home	Friendly