Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs Uruguay

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Uruguay win

Republic of Ireland–Uruguay

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

Neutral venue

25% / 25% / 50%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Uruguay win

Republic of Ireland–Uruguay

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

Uruguay at home

19% / 23% / 58%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Uruguay win

Republic of Ireland–Uruguay

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
0–2 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.3%

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	Uruguay
Current Elo	1762	1925
Elo rank	49th	18th
Peak Elo	1927 (2002)	2104 (2024)
Matches played	633	973
All-time record	243W 179D 211L	428W 242D 303L
Goals for	858	1537
Goals against	769	1182
Biggest win	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification	9–0 vs Bolivia · 1927-11-06 · Copa América
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly	0–6 vs Argentina · 1902-07-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.84

When they've met

Meetings

Republic of Ireland 1W 1D 2L

Goals

6–7

Republic of Ireland first

First meeting

0–2

Uruguay won · 1974-05-08 · Friendly

Most recent

3–1

Republic of Ireland won · 2017-06-04 · Friendly

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

3–1

2017-06-04 · Friendly

Uruguay's biggest win

2–0

1974-05-08 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Republic of Ireland · since 2017-06-04

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2017-06-04	3–1	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
2011-03-29	2–3	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1986-04-23	1–1	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
1974-05-08	0–2	Uruguay home	Friendly