Head to head

Northern Ireland vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
45% / 26% / 29%
Northern Ireland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win
Northern Ireland–United Arab Emirates
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 0–1 8.1%
  • 2–0 7.8%
Neutral venue
37% / 26% / 37%
Northern Ireland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win
Northern Ireland–United Arab Emirates
  • 1–1 12.6%
  • 1–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 9.6%
  • 2–1 8.2%
  • 1–2 8.1%
United Arab Emirates at home
30% / 26% / 45%
Northern Ireland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win
Northern Ireland–United Arab Emirates
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 8.1%
  • 0–2 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 IrelandUnited Arab Emirates
Current Elo16671666
Elo rank73rd74th
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1783 (2015)
Matches played707612
All-time record185W 160D 362L246W 152D 214L
Goals for741867
Goals against1296760
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.04<0.01

When they've met

Northern Ireland and United Arab Emirates have never played each other.