Head to head

Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Afghanistan at home

25% / 25% / 51%

Afghanistan win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Afghanistan–Papua New Guinea

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

19% / 23% / 59%

Afghanistan win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Afghanistan–Papua New Guinea

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.4%

Papua New Guinea at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Afghanistan win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Afghanistan–Papua New Guinea

0–2 12.1%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.6%
0–3 8.2%

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

	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1173	1443
Elo rank	184th	133rd
Peak Elo	1481 (1941)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	147	155
All-time record	36W 34D 77L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	142	336
Goals against	293	312
Biggest win	8–1 vs Bhutan · 2011-12-07 · SAFF Cup	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	0–11 vs Turkmenistan · 2003-11-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.