Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Spain

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

7% / 15% / 79%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Spain win

Northern Ireland–Spain

0–2 14.9%
0–1 12.4%
0–3 12.0%
1–2 8.3%
0–4 7.2%

Neutral venue

4% / 12% / 84%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Spain win

Northern Ireland–Spain

0–2 16.4%
0–3 14.3%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 9.3%
1–2 6.9%

Spain at home

2% / 9% / 89%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Spain win

Northern Ireland–Spain

0–2 17.8%
0–3 16.7%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 11.7%
0–5 6.6%

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	Spain
Current Elo	1667	2324
Elo rank	73rd	1st
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	2324 (2026)
Matches played	707	791
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	468W 183D 140L
Goals for	741	1616
Goals against	1296	704
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	13–0 vs Bulgaria · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	1–7 vs England · 1931-12-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.04	1.28
European Championships won	0	4
Expected European Championships	<0.01	1.48

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 2W 5D 12L

Goals

12–43

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

2–6

Spain won · 1958-10-15 · Friendly

Most recent

1–5

Spain won · 2024-06-08 · Friendly

Northern Ireland's biggest win

3–2

2006-09-06 · UEFA Euro qualification

Spain's biggest win

5–0

2002-04-17 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

Northern Ireland first · 3 times, last 2003-06-11

Current run

Won last 2

Spain · since 2007-11-21

19 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-06-08	1–5	Spain home	Friendly
2007-11-21	0–1	Spain home	UEFA Euro qualification
2006-09-06	3–2	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2003-06-11	0–0	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
2002-10-12	0–3	Spain home	UEFA Euro qualification
2002-04-17	0–5	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1998-06-03	1–4	Spain home	Friendly
1993-04-28	1–3	Spain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-10-14	0–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-02-08	0–2	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1988-12-21	0–4	Spain home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1986-06-07	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1985-03-27	0–0	Spain home	Friendly
1982-06-25	1–0	Spain home	FIFA World Cup
1972-02-16	1–1	Neutral	UEFA Euro qualification
1970-11-11	0–3	Spain home	UEFA Euro qualification
1963-10-30	0–1	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1963-05-30	1–1	Spain home	UEFA Euro qualification
1958-10-15	2–6	Spain home	Friendly