Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Sri Lanka

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
89% / 9% / 2%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Sri Lanka win
Northern Ireland–Sri Lanka
  • 2–0 17.7%
  • 3–0 16.6%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 11.7%
  • 5–0 6.6%
Neutral venue
84% / 12% / 4%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Sri Lanka win
Northern Ireland–Sri Lanka
  • 2–0 16.4%
  • 3–0 14.2%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 9.3%
  • 2–1 7.0%
Sri Lanka at home
79% / 15% / 7%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Sri Lanka win
Northern Ireland–Sri Lanka
  • 2–0 14.9%
  • 1–0 12.4%
  • 3–0 12.0%
  • 2–1 8.3%
  • 4–0 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 IrelandSri Lanka
Current Elo16671011
Elo rank73rd202nd
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1489 (1952)
Matches played707251
All-time record185W 160D 362L49W 47D 155L
Goals for741237
Goals against1296576
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship7–1 vs Pakistan · 2008-04-04 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly1–12 vs German DR · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.00

When they've met

Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka have never played each other.