Head to head

Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Cape Verde at home
65% / 20% / 14%
Cape Verde win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Cape Verde–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 11.9%
  • 1–0 11.8%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.7%
  • 3–0 8.0%
Neutral venue
57% / 23% / 20%
Cape Verde win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Cape Verde–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–0 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.9%
  • 2–0 10.3%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 0–0 6.3%
Papua New Guinea at home
49% / 25% / 26%
Cape Verde win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Cape Verde–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 1–0 10.8%
  • 2–1 9.5%
  • 2–0 8.7%
  • 0–1 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

 Cape VerdePapua New Guinea
Current Elo16991443
Elo rank65th133rd
Peak Elo1702 (2026)1553 (1989)
Matches played239155
All-time record89W 59D 91L52W 29D 74L
Goals for262336
Goals against270312
Biggest win7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups<0.010.00

When they've met

Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.