Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs Sweden

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Sweden win

Republic of Ireland–Sweden

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

34% / 26% / 40%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Sweden win

Republic of Ireland–Sweden

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.8%

Sweden at home

27% / 25% / 48%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Sweden win

Republic of Ireland–Sweden

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.4%
1–0 7.6%

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	Sweden
Current Elo	1762	1797
Elo rank	48th	41st
Peak Elo	1927 (2002)	1955 (2018)
Matches played	633	1105
All-time record	243W 179D 211L	542W 234D 329L
Goals for	858	2178
Goals against	769	1431
Biggest win	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification	12–0 vs Latvia · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly	0–10 vs Denmark · 1913-10-05 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.52
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.09	0.31

When they've met

Meetings

Republic of Ireland 3W 3D 5L

Goals

14–17

Republic of Ireland first

First meeting

1–3

Sweden won · 1949-06-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2016-06-13 · UEFA Euro

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

3–0

2006-03-01 · Friendly

Sweden's biggest win

4–1

1960-05-18 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Republic of Ireland first · twice, last 2016-06-13

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Sweden · since 2013-03-22

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-06-13	1–1	Neutral	UEFA Euro
2013-09-06	1–2	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2013-03-22	0–0	Sweden home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2006-03-01	3–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1999-04-28	2–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1970-10-28	0–1	Sweden home	UEFA Euro qualification
1970-10-14	1–1	Republic of Ireland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1960-05-18	1–4	Sweden home	Friendly
1959-11-01	3–2	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1949-11-13	1–3	Republic of Ireland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1949-06-02	1–3	Sweden home	FIFA World Cup qualification