Comparison Between Northern Ireland and Scotland in the Soccer World Cups

Stats comparison between the National Teams of Northern Ireland and Scotland in their participations in the Soccer World Cup including world cups played and won, results, goals and best and worst performances.

Northern Ireland

Scotland

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World Cups / Games / Goals / Best and Worst Performance

Summary

	World Cups Played	Champion	All-Time Standing
Northern Ireland	3	0	43
Scotland	8	0	34

Full All-time Standings...

Games

	Games Played GP	Wins W	Draw D	Losses L
Northern Ireland	13	3	5	5
Scotland	23	4	7	12

Games %

	Games Played GP	Wins W	Draw D	Losses L
Northern Ireland	13	23.1%	38.5%	38.5%
Scotland	23	17.4%	30.4%	52.2%

GP: Played - W: Wins - D: Draws - L: Losses

All the games: Northern Ireland... / Scotland...

Goals

	Goals Scored	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Northern Ireland	13	23	-10
Scotland	25	41	-16

Goal Average

	Goals Scored	Goals Against	Goal Difference
Northern Ireland	1.00	1.77	-0.77
Scotland	1.09	1.78	-0.70

All-Time Top Scorers

	Goals	Player
Northern Ireland	5	Peter Mcparland
Scotland	4	Joe Jordan

Full list of scorers: Northern Ireland... / Scotland...

Best Performance

	Standing	World Cup	Stage
Northern Ireland	7	1958	Quarter Finals
Scotland	9	1974	1st Round Groups

Worst Performance

	Standing	World Cup	Stage
Northern Ireland	21	1986	1st Round Groups
Scotland	27	1998	1st Round Groups

World Cup by World Cup: Northern Ireland... / Scotland...