Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Syria

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
50% / 25% / 25%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Syria win
Northern Ireland–Syria
  • 1–1 11.7%
  • 1–0 10.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 2–0 8.9%
  • 0–1 7.1%
Neutral venue
42% / 26% / 32%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Syria win
Northern Ireland–Syria
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 1–0 10.2%
  • 2–1 8.9%
  • 0–1 8.6%
  • 1–2 7.5%
Syria at home
34% / 26% / 39%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Syria win
Northern Ireland–Syria
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.1%
  • 1–2 8.5%
  • 2–1 7.8%

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 IrelandSyria
Current Elo16671599
Elo rank73rd83rd
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1719 (2017)
Matches played707484
All-time record185W 160D 362L173W 120D 191L
Goals for741692
Goals against1296638
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.00

When they've met

Northern Ireland and Syria have never played each other.