Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs Romania

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home

50% / 25% / 25%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Romania win

Republic of Ireland–Romania

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.8%
0–1 7.2%

Neutral venue

42% / 26% / 32%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Romania win

Republic of Ireland–Romania

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.5%

Romania at home

34% / 26% / 40%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Romania win

Republic of Ireland–Romania

1–1 12.5%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.6%
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

	Republic of Ireland	Romania
Current Elo	1762	1699
Elo rank	48th	65th
Peak Elo	1927 (2002)	1934 (2007)
Matches played	633	766
All-time record	243W 179D 211L	335W 195D 236L
Goals for	858	1239
Goals against	769	977
Biggest win	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification	9–0 vs Finland · 1973-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1948-06-06 · Balkan Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.21
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.09	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Republic of Ireland 2W 2D 1L

Goals

4–2

Republic of Ireland first

First meeting

2–0

Republic of Ireland won · 1988-03-23 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Republic of Ireland won · 2004-05-27 · Friendly

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

2–0

1988-03-23 · Friendly

Romania's biggest win

1–0

1997-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Republic of Ireland · since 1997-10-11

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2004-05-27	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1997-10-11	1–1	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-04-30	0–1	Romania home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1990-06-25	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1988-03-23	2–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly