Head to head

England vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

England at home
93% / 7% / 1%
England win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
England–Papua New Guinea
  • 3–0 19.1%
  • 2–0 19.0%
  • 4–0 14.3%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 5–0 8.6%
Neutral venue
89% / 9% / 2%
England win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
England–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 17.7%
  • 3–0 16.6%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 11.6%
  • 5–0 6.5%
Papua New Guinea at home
84% / 12% / 4%
England win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
England–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 16.3%
  • 3–0 14.2%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 9.3%
  • 2–1 7.0%

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

 EnglandPapua New Guinea
Current Elo21971443
Elo rank3rd133rd
Peak Elo2197 (2026)1553 (1989)
Matches played1098155
All-time record631W 259D 208L52W 29D 74L
Goals for2401336
Goals against1053312
Biggest win13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won10
Expected World Cups1.450.00

When they've met

England and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.