Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home

50% / 25% / 26%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Republic of Ireland–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.7%
0–1 7.3%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Republic of Ireland–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.8%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

Saudi Arabia at home

34% / 26% / 40%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Republic of Ireland–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.0%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 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

	Republic of Ireland	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1762	1705
Elo rank	48th	62nd
Peak Elo	1927 (2002)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	633	744
All-time record	243W 179D 211L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	858	1139
Goals against	769	782
Biggest win	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Republic of Ireland 1W 0D 0L

Goals

3–0

Republic of Ireland first

First meeting

3–0

Republic of Ireland won · 2002-06-11 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

3–0

Republic of Ireland won · 2002-06-11 · FIFA World Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-06-11	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup