Head to head

Australia vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Australia at home
79% / 14% / 6%
Australia win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Australia–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 15.0%
  • 1–0 12.4%
  • 3–0 12.2%
  • 2–1 8.2%
  • 4–0 7.4%
Neutral venue
73% / 17% / 10%
Australia win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Australia–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 13.5%
  • 1–0 12.1%
  • 3–0 10.1%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 1–1 8.3%
Papua New Guinea at home
66% / 20% / 14%
Australia win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Australia–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 12.0%
  • 1–0 11.8%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.6%
  • 3–0 8.1%

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

 AustraliaPapua New Guinea
Current Elo19081443
Elo rank22nd133rd
Peak Elo1969 (1997)1553 (1989)
Matches played585155
All-time record297W 125D 163L52W 29D 74L
Goals for1170336
Goals against622312
Biggest win31–0 vs American Samoa · 2001-04-11 · FIFA World Cup qualification20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–8 vs South Africa · 1955-09-17 · Friendly0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.090.00

When they've met

Meetings
1
Australia 1W 0D 0L
Goals
11–2
Australia first
First meeting
11–2
Australia won · 1980-02-26 · Oceania Nations Cup
Most recent
11–2
Australia won · 1980-02-26 · Oceania Nations Cup
1 meeting
DateScoreVenueCompetition
1980-02-2611–2NeutralOceania Nations Cup