Head to head

China vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

China at home

54% / 24% / 22%

China win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

China–Papua New Guinea

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.6%

Neutral venue

46% / 25% / 29%

China win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

China–Papua New Guinea

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 8.0%

Papua New Guinea at home

38% / 26% / 36%

China win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

China–Papua New Guinea

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.5%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 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

	China	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1553	1443
Elo rank	93rd	133rd
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	702	155
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	1285	336
Goals against	768	312
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

China 1W 1D 0L

Goals

5–2

China first

First meeting

4–1

China won · 1985-09-16 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 1985-09-19 · Friendly

China's biggest win

4–1

1985-09-16 · Friendly

Papua New Guinea's biggest win

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Never beaten China

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

China · since 1985-09-16

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1985-09-19	1–1	Papua New Guinea home	Friendly
1985-09-16	4–1	Papua New Guinea home	Friendly