Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Ukraine

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home

31% / 26% / 43%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Ukraine win

Northern Ireland–Ukraine

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

24% / 24% / 51%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Ukraine win

Northern Ireland–Ukraine

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 7.0%

Ukraine at home

18% / 22% / 59%

Northern Ireland win / draw / Ukraine win

Northern Ireland–Ukraine

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 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	Ukraine
Current Elo	1667	1847
Elo rank	73rd	30th
Peak Elo	1758 (1986)	1921 (2024)
Matches played	707	338
All-time record	185W 160D 362L	152W 94D 92L
Goals for	741	475
Goals against	1296	358
Biggest win	7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship	9–0 vs San Marino · 2013-09-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	1–7 vs France · 2020-10-07 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.01
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	<0.01	0.11

When they've met

Meetings

Northern Ireland 1W 2D 3L

Goals

3–4

Northern Ireland first

First meeting

0–1

Ukraine won · 1996-08-31 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–1

Ukraine won · 2021-06-03 · Friendly

Northern Ireland's biggest win

2–0

2016-06-16 · UEFA Euro

Ukraine's biggest win

2–1

1997-04-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–1

Northern Ireland first · twice, last 2021-06-03

Current run

Won the last meeting

Ukraine · since 2021-06-03

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-06-03	0–1	Ukraine home	Friendly
2016-06-16	2–0	Neutral	UEFA Euro
2003-09-06	0–0	Ukraine home	UEFA Euro qualification
2002-10-16	0–0	Northern Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1997-04-02	1–2	Ukraine home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-08-31	0–1	Northern Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification