Head to head

Northern Ireland vs South Sudan

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
75% / 17% / 9%
Northern Ireland win / draw / South Sudan win
Northern Ireland–South Sudan
  • 2–0 14.0%
  • 1–0 12.2%
  • 3–0 10.7%
  • 2–1 9.0%
  • 1–1 7.8%
Neutral venue
68% / 19% / 13%
Northern Ireland win / draw / South Sudan win
Northern Ireland–South Sudan
  • 2–0 12.5%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.2%
  • 3–0 8.7%
South Sudan at home
61% / 22% / 17%
Northern Ireland win / draw / South Sudan win
Northern Ireland–South Sudan
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.9%
  • 1–1 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.9%

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 IrelandSouth Sudan
Current Elo16671271
Elo rank73rd172nd
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1501 (2012)
Matches played70778
All-time record185W 160D 362L12W 16D 50L
Goals for74150
Goals against1296142
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship6–0 vs Djibouti · 2017-03-28 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly0–5 vs Senegal · 2025-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.00

When they've met

Northern Ireland and South Sudan have never played each other.