Northern Ireland xG 2026

Northern Ireland Expected Goals (xG) Stats 2026

Northern Ireland have recorded 5 expected goals (xG) across 4 UEFA Nations League games in 2026, averaging 1.3 per match. I. Price leads the squad with 1 expected goals (xG) - 0.34 per game. S. Charles is next with 1.

Northern Ireland Expected Goals (xG): Form & Insights

Over their last 10 games, Northern Ireland are averaging 1.3 expected goals (xG) per match - I. Price leads that period with 1. Use the match-by-match table above to compare expected goals (xG) game by game, with home and away filters ahead of Northern Ireland vs Ukraine on 14.11.2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many expected goals (xG) do Northern Ireland average per game?

Northern Ireland average 1.3 expected goals (xG) per UEFA Nations League game in 2026, based on 4 matches. Over their last 10 games that figure is 1.3 per match.

Who leads Northern Ireland for expected goals (xG)?

I. Price leads Northern Ireland for expected goals (xG) in 2026 with 1 in UEFA Nations League - an average of 0.34 per game. S. Charles is second with 1.

How do Northern Ireland's expected goals (xG) break down home vs away?

Use the Home / Away filter above the data table to compare Northern Ireland's expected goals (xG) totals and per-game averages split by venue across 2026.

Northern Ireland expected goals 2026: last 8

Games: 8
Expected goals (xG): 11.62
Goals scored: 12
Goals minus xG: +0.38
Expected goals against (xGA): 6.70
Goals conceded: 3
xGA minus goals conceded: +3.70
Expected points (xPts): 13.91
Points: 15
Points minus xPts: +1.09
Verdict: In line with expected goals

Are Northern Ireland overperforming their expected goals?

Northern Ireland's results and their chances agree, within 1.1 points of xPts over 8 games. There is no regression case either way. What the table says is roughly what they have earned.

Next opponent: Ukraine expected goals

Games: 8
Ukraine xG per game: 1.16
Ukraine xGA per game: 1.42
Points minus xPts: +2.67
Verdict: Running a little hot

Northern Ireland results against expected goals by form window and venue

Window	Games	xG	Goals	Goals minus xG	xGA	Conceded	xGA minus conceded	xPts	Points	Points minus xPts
Last 8	8	11.62	12	+0.38	6.70	3	+3.70	13.91	15	+1.09
Last 5	5	6.96	10	+3.04	4.82	2	+2.82	8.16	11	+2.84
Home	4	7.16	9	+1.84	3.00	0	+3.00	7.79	10	+2.21
Away	4	4.46	3	-1.46	3.70	3	+0.70	6.12	5	-1.12

Northern Ireland expected goals match by match, last 8

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	xG	xGA	xPts	Points	Deserved result
28 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Hungary (H)	0-0	0.87	1.13	1.14	1	L
25 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Georgia (A)	0-1	1.18	1.60	1.09	3	L
18 Nov	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (A)	2-2	1.38	0.55	2.00	1	W
15 Nov	UEFA Nations League	Belarus (H)	2-0	2.41	0.37	2.61	3	W
15 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Bulgaria (H)	5-0	1.12	1.17	1.32	3	L
12 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Belarus (A)	0-0	1.07	0.31	2.00	1	W
8 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Bulgaria (A)	1-0	0.83	1.24	1.03	0	L
5 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Luxembourg (H)	2-0	2.76	0.33	2.72	3	W

Northern Ireland players: goals against expected goals, last 8

Player	Position	Apps	Minutes	xG	Goals	Goals minus xG	xG per 90
Isaac Price	midfielder	8	678	1.36	4	+2.64	0.18
Patrick James Coleman McNair	defender	5	344	0.14	1	+0.86	0.04
Dan Ballard	defender	5	427	2.06	2	-0.06	0.43
Shea Emmanuel Charles	midfielder	8	707	1.11	1	-0.11	0.14
Conor Bradley	defender	6	539	1.66	1	-0.66	0.28
James Tyrrell Reid	attacker	4	121	0.76	0	-0.76	0.56
Dion Elie Raymond Charles	attacker	7	373	1.91	1	-0.91	0.46

UEFA Nations League 2026: every team's points against expected points

#	Team	MP	xG	Goals	xGA	Conceded	xPts	Points	Points minus xPts
1	Portugal	2	3.2	3	4.2	1	2.4	6	+3.6
2	Greece	2	3.6	3	2.7	1	3	6	+3
3	Sweden	2	2.6	5	2.2	2	3	6	+3
4	France	2	2.6	2	1.9	0	3.2	6	+2.8
5	Ukraine	2	1.4	1	3.1	0	1.4	4	+2.6
6	Spain	2	3.1	7	2.1	3	3.5	6	+2.5
7	Northern Ireland	2	2	1	2.7	0	2.2	4	+1.8
8	Austria	2	4.6	6	1.7	2	4.3	6	+1.7
9	Montenegro	2	4.6	5	1.9	3	4.3	6	+1.7
10	Albania	2	4	5	1.5	0	4.5	6	+1.5
11	Slovakia	2	3.4	4	0.7	1	4.7	6	+1.3
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2.3	4	2	2	2.8	4	+1.2
13	Luxembourg	2	1.7	2	3.1	4	1.8	3	+1.2
14	Slovenia	2	2.2	2	2	0	2.9	4	+1.1
15	Republic of Ireland	2	1.3	3	2.9	1	2	3	+1
16	Switzerland	2	3.8	6	0.2	0	5.2	6	+0.8
17	Belgium	2	2.9	2	3.5	1	2.3	3	+0.7
18	Malta	1	3.3	2	0.9	1	2.6	3	+0.4
19	Croatia	2	2.6	3	2.4	5	2.8	3	+0.2
20	Italy	2	3.8	4	3.8	3	2.8	3	+0.2
21	Estonia	2	1.7	1	2.9	1	1.8	2	+0.2
22	Gibraltar	1	0.3	0	0.8	0	0.8	1	+0.2
23	Lithuania	2	2.9	3	1.4	1	3.9	4	+0.1
24	Armenia	2	2	4	1.9	3	2.9	3	+0.1
25	Kazakhstan	2	0.8	2	2.9	3	1.1	1	-0.1
26	Iceland	2	3.7	4	1.6	1	4.2	4	-0.2
27	Denmark	2	3.2	4	2.5	3	3.2	3	-0.2
28	Liechtenstein	1	0.1	0	1.6	2	0.3	0	-0.3
29	Azerbaijan	1	1.3	1	1.3	1	1.4	1	-0.4
30	England	2	3.2	4	2.2	3	3.5	3	-0.5
31	Latvia	2	1.4	0	3.1	2	1.5	1	-0.5
32	Belarus	2	1.3	0	3.1	2	1.5	1	-0.5
33	Netherlands	2	6.6	3	2.8	2	4.6	4	-0.6
34	San Marino	2	0.7	0	5.6	10	0.6	0	-0.6
35	Finland	2	4.7	7	0.5	0	4.7	4	-0.7
36	North Macedonia	2	0.6	0	4	5	0.7	0	-0.7
37	Kosovo	2	3.8	2	1.9	3	3.9	3	-0.9
38	Faroe Islands	2	2.5	2	2.4	2	2.9	2	-0.9
39	Serbia	2	2.5	2	6.7	4	0.9	0	-0.9
40	Norway	2	4.4	4	2.2	4	4	3	-1
41	Israel	2	0.8	1	4	6	1	0	-1
42	Andorra	2	1.7	1	3.6	2	2.1	1	-1.1
43	Moldova	2	2.3	1	3	3	2.3	1	-1.3
44	Czech Republic	2	1.5	1	3.7	4	1.3	0	-1.3
45	Scotland	2	1.6	0	2.1	3	2.4	1	-1.4
46	Cyprus	2	3	1	4.2	2	2.4	1	-1.4
47	Wales	2	2.3	0	4.2	3	1.6	0	-1.6
48	Germany	2	3.1	1	3.4	2	2.8	1	-1.8
49	Poland	2	2.2	1	2	3	3	1	-2
50	Romania	2	2	3	2.9	6	2.1	0	-2.1
51	Bulgaria	2	2.4	1	1.8	2	3.2	1	-2.2
52	Hungary	2	3.2	0	2.1	1	3.5	1	-2.5
53	Georgia	2	2.7	0	1.4	1	3.7	1	-2.7
54	Turkey	2	2.8	1	2.8	5	2.7	0	-2.7

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