Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs Zambia

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home

62% / 22% / 17%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Zambia win

Republic of Ireland–Zambia

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Zambia win

Republic of Ireland–Zambia

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.6%

Zambia at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / Zambia win

Republic of Ireland–Zambia

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 7.9%

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	Zambia
Current Elo	1762	1551
Elo rank	49th	94th
Peak Elo	1927 (2002)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	633	793
All-time record	243W 179D 211L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	858	1234
Goals against	769	851
Biggest win	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.00

When they've met

Republic of Ireland and Zambia have never played each other.