Head to head

Croatia vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Croatia at home

81% / 13% / 5%

Croatia win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Croatia–Papua New Guinea

2–0 15.6%
3–0 13.0%
1–0 12.4%
4–0 8.1%
2–1 7.8%

Neutral venue

75% / 16% / 9%

Croatia win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Croatia–Papua New Guinea

2–0 14.1%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.8%
2–1 8.9%
1–1 7.8%

Papua New Guinea at home

68% / 19% / 12%

Croatia win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Croatia–Papua New Guinea

2–0 12.5%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
3–0 8.8%

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

	Croatia	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1943	1443
Elo rank	17th	133rd
Peak Elo	2057 (2023)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	400	155
All-time record	211W 104D 85L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	694	336
Goals against	407	312
Biggest win	10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.14	0.00

When they've met

Croatia and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.