Head to head

Cook Islands vs New Zealand

If they played today

Cook Islands at home
10% / 18% / 72%
Cook Islands win / draw / New Zealand win
Cook Islands–New Zealand
  • 0–2 13.4%
  • 0–1 12.1%
  • 0–3 9.9%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 1–1 8.4%
Neutral venue
7% / 15% / 79%
Cook Islands win / draw / New Zealand win
Cook Islands–New Zealand
  • 0–2 14.9%
  • 0–1 12.4%
  • 0–3 12.0%
  • 1–2 8.3%
  • 0–4 7.3%
New Zealand at home
4% / 12% / 84%
Cook Islands win / draw / New Zealand win
Cook Islands–New Zealand
  • 0–2 16.4%
  • 0–3 14.3%
  • 0–1 12.5%
  • 0–4 9.3%
  • 1–2 6.9%

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

 Cook IslandsNew Zealand
Current Elo11311689
Elo rank189th68th
Peak Elo1444 (1971)1825 (2025)
Matches played53419
All-time record11W 4D 38L172W 74D 173L
Goals for43733
Goals against264634
Biggest win4–1 vs Tuvalu · 2007-09-01 · South Pacific Games13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–30 vs Tahiti · 1971-09-13 · South Pacific Games0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.02
OFC Nations Cups won06
Expected OFC Nations Cups0.032.19

When they've met

Meetings
1
Cook Islands 0W 0D 1L
Goals
0–2
Cook Islands first
First meeting
0–2
New Zealand won · 2001-06-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most recent
0–2
New Zealand won · 2001-06-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification
1 meeting
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2001-06-080–2New Zealand homeFIFA World Cup qualification