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Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs Scotland

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home
41% / 26% / 33%
Republic of Ireland win / draw / Scotland win
Republic of Ireland–Scotland
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.0%
  • 0–1 8.9%
  • 2–1 8.7%
  • 1–2 7.7%
Neutral venue
33% / 26% / 41%
Republic of Ireland win / draw / Scotland win
Republic of Ireland–Scotland
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.1%
  • 1–0 8.8%
  • 1–2 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.6%
Scotland at home
26% / 25% / 49%
Republic of Ireland win / draw / Scotland win
Republic of Ireland–Scotland
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.6%
  • 1–0 7.4%

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 IrelandScotland
Current Elo17621815
Elo rank48th37th
Peak Elo1927 (2002)1875 (2023)
Matches played633854
All-time record243W 179D 211L403W 182D 269L
Goals for8581455
Goals against7691054
Biggest win8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.090.21
European Championships won00
Expected European Championships0.090.07

When they've met

Meetings
13
Republic of Ireland 5W 3D 5L
Goals
13–14
Republic of Ireland first
First meeting
1–4
Scotland won · 1961-05-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most recent
1–2
Scotland won · 2022-09-24 · UEFA Nations League
Republic of Ireland's biggest win
3–0
2022-06-11 · UEFA Nations League
Scotland's biggest win
4–1
1961-05-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most common result
1–0
Republic of Ireland first · 3 times, last 2011-05-29
Current run
Won the last meeting
Scotland · since 2022-09-24
13 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2022-09-241–2Scotland homeUEFA Nations League
2022-06-113–0Republic of Ireland homeUEFA Nations League
2015-06-131–1Republic of Ireland homeUEFA Euro qualification
2014-11-140–1Scotland homeUEFA Euro qualification
2011-05-291–0Republic of Ireland homeNations Cup
2003-02-122–0Scotland homeFriendly
2000-05-301–2Republic of Ireland homeFriendly
1987-02-181–0Scotland homeUEFA Euro qualification
1986-10-150–0Republic of Ireland homeUEFA Euro qualification
1969-09-211–1Republic of Ireland homeFriendly
1963-06-091–0Republic of Ireland homeFriendly
1961-05-070–3Republic of Ireland homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1961-05-031–4Scotland homeFIFA World Cup qualification