Head to head

Botswana vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Botswana at home

40% / 26% / 33%

Botswana win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Botswana–Papua New Guinea

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Botswana win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Botswana–Papua New Guinea

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Papua New Guinea at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Botswana win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Botswana–Papua New Guinea

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

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

	Botswana	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1388	1443
Elo rank	149th	133rd
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	332	155
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	268	336
Goals against	426	312
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Botswana and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.