Head to head

Canada vs North Korea

If they played today

Canada at home

72% / 18% / 11%

Canada win / draw / North Korea win

Canada–North Korea

2–0 13.3%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.7%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.5%

Neutral venue

64% / 21% / 15%

Canada win / draw / North Korea win

Canada–North Korea

1–0 11.8%
2–0 11.7%
1–1 9.8%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.8%

North Korea at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Canada win / draw / North Korea win

Canada–North Korea

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Canada	North Korea
Current Elo	1841	1494
Elo rank	35th	114th
Peak Elo	1964 (2022)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	474	390
All-time record	181W 109D 184L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	617	628
Goals against	618	435
Biggest win	11–0 vs Cayman Islands · 2021-03-29 · FIFA World Cup qualification	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Mexico · 1993-07-18 · Gold Cup	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.03

When they've met

Meetings

Canada 0W 1D 1L

Goals

0–2

Canada first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1986-08-27 · Merlion Cup

Most recent

0–2

North Korea won · 1986-09-04 · Merlion Cup

Canada's biggest win

—

Never beaten North Korea

North Korea's biggest win

2–0

1986-09-04 · Merlion Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

North Korea · since 1986-08-27

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1986-09-04	0–2	Neutral	Merlion Cup
1986-08-27	0–0	Neutral	Merlion Cup