Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Republic of Ireland–United Arab Emirates

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

Neutral venue

45% / 26% / 30%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Republic of Ireland–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.8%

United Arab Emirates at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Republic of Ireland–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

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	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1762	1666
Elo rank	49th	74th
Peak Elo	1927 (2002)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	633	612
All-time record	243W 179D 211L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	858	867
Goals against	769	760
Biggest win	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	<0.01

When they've met

Republic of Ireland and United Arab Emirates have never played each other.