Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Switzerland

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

21% / 23% / 56%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Switzerland win

Northern Ireland–Switzerland

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 64%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Switzerland win

Northern Ireland–Switzerland

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.6%
1–1 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.7%

Switzerland at home

11% / 18% / 71%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Switzerland win

Northern Ireland–Switzerland

0–2 13.2%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.6%
1–2 9.4%
1–1 8.6%

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	Switzerland
Current Elo	1667	2007
Elo rank	73rd	13th
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	2028 (2026)
Matches played	707	890
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	319W 206D 365L
Goals for	741	1330
Goals against	1296	1451
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	9–0 vs Lithuania · 1924-05-25 · Olympic Games
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1911-10-29 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.22
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.17

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 2W 4D 3L

Goals

4–6

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

1–0

Northern Ireland won · 1964-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2025-03-21 · Friendly

Northern Ireland's biggest win

1–0

1998-04-22 · Friendly

Switzerland's biggest win

2–0

2021-10-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–0

Northern Ireland first · 3 times, last 2021-09-08

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Switzerland · since 2004-08-18

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-21	1–1	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
2021-10-09	0–2	Switzerland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-09-08	0–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-11-12	0–0	Switzerland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-11-09	0–1	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-08-18	0–0	Switzerland home	Friendly
1998-04-22	1–0	Northern Ireland home	Friendly
1964-11-14	1–2	Switzerland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1964-10-14	1–0	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification