Head to head

England vs North Korea

If they played today

England at home

91% / 8% / 2%

England win / draw / North Korea win

England–North Korea

2–0 18.4%
3–0 17.8%
4–0 12.9%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

86% / 10% / 3%

England win / draw / North Korea win

England–North Korea

2–0 17.0%
3–0 15.4%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 10.4%
2–1 6.2%

North Korea at home

81% / 13% / 5%

England win / draw / North Korea win

England–North Korea

2–0 15.6%
3–0 13.0%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 8.2%
2–1 7.7%

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

	England	North Korea
Current Elo	2197	1494
Elo rank	3rd	114th
Peak Elo	2197 (2026)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	1098	390
All-time record	631W 259D 208L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	2401	628
Goals against	1053	435
Biggest win	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	1	0
Expected World Cups	1.45	0.03

When they've met

England and North Korea have never played each other.