Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Zimbabwe

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
60% / 22% / 18%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Zimbabwe win
Northern Ireland–Zimbabwe
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.8%
  • 1–1 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.8%
Neutral venue
52% / 24% / 24%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Zimbabwe win
Northern Ireland–Zimbabwe
  • 1–1 11.5%
  • 1–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.3%
  • 0–1 6.8%
Zimbabwe at home
44% / 26% / 30%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Zimbabwe win
Northern Ireland–Zimbabwe
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.0%
  • 0–1 8.2%
  • 2–0 7.7%

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 IrelandZimbabwe
Current Elo16671476
Elo rank73rd119th
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1672 (2005)
Matches played707496
All-time record185W 160D 362L190W 139D 167L
Goals for741660
Goals against1296591
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship7–0 vs Botswana · 1990-08-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly0–7 vs South Africa · 1977-04-09 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.00

When they've met

Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe have never played each other.