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Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Zambia

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
54% / 24% / 22%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Zambia win
Northern Ireland–Zambia
  • 1–1 11.3%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 2–0 9.6%
  • 0–1 6.5%
Neutral venue
46% / 25% / 28%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Zambia win
Northern Ireland–Zambia
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 2–0 8.1%
  • 0–1 7.9%
Zambia at home
38% / 26% / 36%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Zambia win
Northern Ireland–Zambia
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 9.4%
  • 2–1 8.3%
  • 1–2 8.0%

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 IrelandZambia
Current Elo16671551
Elo rank73rd94th
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1799 (1994)
Matches played707793
All-time record185W 160D 362L358W 203D 232L
Goals for7411234
Goals against1296851
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.00

When they've met

Northern Ireland and Zambia have never played each other.