Northern Ireland Shots on Target Stats 2026

Northern Ireland Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

Northern Ireland are averaging 3.2 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 6.9 total SOT on average. That puts them 42nd of 54 for team SOT per match among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Ukraine, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Northern Ireland players hit the most shots on target?

Isaac Price leads with 7 shots on target across 10 qualifying appearances (0.7/g, 70% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Northern Ireland player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Northern Ireland's SOT profile look this season?

Northern Ireland are averaging 3.2 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 3.7 for a match-total of 6.9. That ranks 42nd of 54 for team SOT among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. They take 9.6 shots per game and create 6.6 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Ukraine, the page weights each Northern Ireland attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Northern Ireland take 9.6 shots per game and put 3.2 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Northern Ireland fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Northern Ireland are currently converting 25% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Northern Ireland player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Joshua Brendan David Magennis	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Eoin Toal	defender	1	1	1	100%
Ceadach O'Neill	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Isaac Price	midfielder	10	7	0.7	70%
Jamie Paul Donley	midfielder	9	6	0.67	56%
Dion Elie Raymond Charles	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Patrick Kelly	midfielder	5	2	0.4	40%
James Tyrrell Reid	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
Tom Atcheson	defender	5	1	0.2	20%
Ethan Galbraith	midfielder	7	1	0.14	14%
Ruairi McConville	defender	8	2	0.25	13%
Ciaron Maurice Brown	defender	8	2	0.25	13%
Shea Emmanuel Charles	midfielder	8	2	0.25	13%
Trai Hume	defender	9	2	0.22	11%
Justin Devenny	midfielder	9	1	0.11	11%
Pierce Joseph Charles	goalkeeper	8	0	0	0%
Brodie Gilmore Spencer	defender	7	0	0	0%
Terry Devlin	defender	4	0	0	0%
Callum Marshall	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Paul Patrick Smyth	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Brad Joseph Lyons	midfielder	3	0	0	0%
Patrick James Coleman McNair	defender	3	0	0	0%
Conor Bradley	defender	2	0	0	0%
Conor William Hazard	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Jamie Carson McDonnell	midfielder	2	0	0	0%

Northern Ireland shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
5 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Georgia	Home	0-0	5	2	7	Ruairi McConville (2)
2 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Ukraine	Away	0-3	3	2	5	Ciaron Maurice Brown (2)
28 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Hungary	Home	0-0	3	1	4	Jamie Paul Donley (1)
25 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Georgia	Away	0-1	5	5	10	Trai Hume (2)
8 Jun 2026	Friendly International	France	Away	3-1	2	5	7	Patrick Kelly (1)
4 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Guinea	Home	1-0	4	6	10	Tom Atcheson (1)
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Wales	Away	1-1	4	3	7	Jamie Paul Donley (2)
26 Mar 2026	WC Qualification Europe	Italy	Away	2-0	1	8	9	Ethan Galbraith (1)
17 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Luxembourg	Home	1-0	3	3	6	Jamie Paul Donley (1)
14 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Slovakia	Away	1-0	2	2	4	Dion Elie Raymond Charles (1)

Northern Ireland shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 3.2
Shots on target against per game: 3.7
Match total shots on target per game: 6.9
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 39 of 54

Northern Ireland Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	3.75	100%	50%	25%	0%	0%
Away	6	2.83	50%	33%	17%	0%	0%
Overall	10	3.2	70%	40%	20%	0%	0%

Northern Ireland Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	3	50%	25%	25%	25%	0%
Away	6	4.17	67%	50%	50%	17%	17%
Overall	10	3.7	60%	40%	40%	20%	10%

Northern Ireland Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	4	6.75	50%	25%	25%	25%	0%
Away	6	7	67%	33%	33%	17%	0%
Overall	10	6.9	60%	30%	30%	20%	0%

Northern Ireland Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	3.2	3.75	2.83
Total shots / match	9.6	10.75	8.83
Share of shots on target	33%	35%	32%
Goals per shot on target	25%	13%	35%
Shots on target per goal	4	7.5	2.8
Shots on target over 2.5	70%	100%	50%
Shots on target over 3.5	40%	50%	33%
Shots on target over 4.5	20%	25%	17%
Shots on target over 5.5	0%	0%	0%
Shots on target over 6.5	0%	0%	0%

Northern Ireland Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	3.7	3	4.17
Shots on target against over 2.5	60%	50%	67%
Shots on target against over 3.5	40%	25%	50%
Shots on target against over 4.5	40%	25%	50%
Shots on target against over 5.5	20%	25%	17%
Shots on target against over 6.5	10%	0%	17%

Northern Ireland Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	6.9	6.75	7
Match shots on target over 6.5	60%	50%	67%
Match shots on target over 7.5	30%	25%	33%
Match shots on target over 8.5	30%	25%	33%
Match shots on target over 9.5	20%	25%	17%
Match shots on target over 10.5	0%	0%	0%

Northern Ireland 1st-half shots on target for 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	1.5	50%	0%	0%
Away	4	1.5	50%	25%	0%
Overall	6	1.5	50%	17%	0%

Northern Ireland 1st-half shots on target against 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	2	100%	0%	0%
Away	4	1.5	50%	25%	0%
Overall	6	1.67	67%	17%	0%

Northern Ireland 1st-half match total 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	2	3.5	100%	50%	0%	0%
Away	4	3	75%	25%	0%	0%
Overall	6	3.17	83%	33%	0%	0%

Northern Ireland shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
5 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Georgia (H)	0-0	5	2	7	-
2 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Ukraine (A)	0-3	3	2	5	-
28 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Hungary (H)	0-0	3	1	4	-
25 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Georgia (A)	0-1	5	5	10	-
8 Jun	Friendly International	France (A)	3-1	2	5	7	3
4 Jun	Friendly International	Guinea (H)	1-0	4	6	10	3
31 Mar	Friendly International	Wales (A)	1-1	4	3	7	4
26 Mar	WC Qualification Europe	Italy (A)	2-0	1	8	9	3
17 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Luxembourg (H)	1-0	3	3	6	4
14 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Slovakia (A)	1-0	2	2	4	2

UEFA Nations League shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Belgium	14	6	4.43	10.43	79%
2	Serbia	8	3.63	6.63	10.25	75%
3	Bulgaria	7	6	4.14	10.14	43%
4	Sweden	12	4.83	5	9.83	58%
5	Denmark	7	5.43	4.14	9.57	57%
6	Italy	8	4.88	4.63	9.5	75%
7	France	16	6.56	2.88	9.44	63%
8	Norway	14	4.36	5.07	9.43	71%
9	England	15	6.4	3	9.4	53%
10	Netherlands	12	5.67	3.67	9.33	58%
11	Turkey	11	4.45	4.82	9.27	64%
12	Germany	12	6.5	2.67	9.17	58%
13	Slovakia	7	5.86	3.29	9.14	71%
14	Switzerland	13	5.62	3.46	9.08	69%
15	Poland	8	5.63	3.38	9	50%
16	Czech Republic	9	3	5.78	8.78	56%
17	Luxembourg	7	3.43	5.29	8.71	57%
18	Scotland	10	4.8	3.9	8.7	60%
19	Malta	8	4.5	4.13	8.63	63%
20	Iceland	8	3.38	5.25	8.63	50%
21	Kosovo	8	4.38	4.13	8.5	50%
22	Wales	8	3.63	4.88	8.5	25%
23	Romania	8	3.13	5.38	8.5	50%
24	Croatia	11	3.45	5	8.45	55%
25	Portugal	13	4.92	3.46	8.38	46%
26	Slovenia	7	3.57	4.71	8.29	57%
27	Finland	7	4.29	3.86	8.14	43%
28	Spain	15	6.4	1.73	8.13	53%
29	Kazakhstan	6	2.67	5.33	8	33%
30	San Marino	6	2.33	5.67	8	50%
31	Azerbaijan	7	5.14	2.71	7.86	43%
32	Belarus	6	4.83	3	7.83	33%
33	Austria	11	4.18	3.55	7.73	36%
34	Montenegro	8	4.75	2.88	7.63	13%
35	North Macedonia	7	0.71	6.86	7.57	57%
36	Moldova	7	3.71	3.71	7.43	29%
37	Estonia	5	3.6	3.8	7.4	40%
38	Cyprus	8	4.5	2.88	7.38	38%
39	Northern Ireland	8	3.38	4	7.38	38%
40	Lithuania	6	4	3.33	7.33	17%
41	Greece	8	3.25	4	7.25	38%
42	Republic of Ireland	9	4.11	3.11	7.22	33%
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	3.75	3.42	7.17	25%
44	Albania	7	3.71	3.43	7.14	29%
45	Gibraltar	7	4.14	2.86	7	29%
46	Georgia	8	3.88	3.13	7	25%
47	Andorra	8	2.5	4.38	6.88	25%
48	Armenia	7	3.86	3	6.86	14%
49	Hungary	8	4	2.75	6.75	13%
50	Faroe Islands	4	4	2.75	6.75	25%
51	Israel	6	2.67	3.83	6.5	17%
52	Ukraine	7	3.29	3.14	6.43	0%
53	Latvia	6	1.83	4.17	6	0%
54	Liechtenstein	7	0.57	4.29	4.86	0%

Northern Ireland shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	10	4.4	1.9	6.3	20%
Vs top half	10	4.4	1.9	6.3	20%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Northern Ireland shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
UEFA Nations League	2026/2027	4	4	2.5	6.5	25%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	7	2.86	3.71	6.57	29%
Friendly International	2026	3	3.33	4.67	8	33%
Friendly International	2025	4	2.25	4.5	6.75	25%

Northern Ireland next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sat 14 Nov 19:45	Ukraine (home)	6	2.25	3.75	6.5	2.5	4
Tue 17 Nov 19:45	Hungary (away)	6.5	3.75	2.75	8	5	3

Northern Ireland players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Isaac Price	midfielder	5	8	63%
2	Jamie Paul Donley	midfielder	4	8	50%
3	Patrick Kelly	midfielder	2	7	29%
4	Eoin Toal	defender	1	1	100%
5	James Tyrrell Reid	attacker	1	3	33%

Northern Ireland players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Ciaron Maurice Brown	defender	1	7	14%
2	Ruairi McConville	defender	1	7	14%
3	Jamie Paul Donley	midfielder	1	8	13%
4	Shea Emmanuel Charles	midfielder	1	8	13%
5	Trai Hume	defender	1	8	13%

Ukraine shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
5 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Hungary (H)	1-2	2	4	6	-
2 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Northern Ireland (H)	0-3	2	3	5	-
28 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Georgia (A)	0-0	2	4	6	-
25 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Hungary (A)	0-1	3	4	7	-
31 May	Friendly International	Poland (A)	0-2	4	2	6	4
31 Mar	Friendly International	Albania (H)	1-0	6	1	7	5
26 Mar	WC Qualification Europe	Sweden (H)	1-3	4	4	8	1
16 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Iceland (H)	2-0	6	2	8	1
13 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	France (A)	4-0	0	10	10	3