Head to head

Eritrea vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Eritrea at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Eritrea win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Eritrea–Papua New Guinea

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.5%
1–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

20% / 23% / 57%

Eritrea win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Eritrea–Papua New Guinea

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Papua New Guinea at home

15% / 21% / 64%

Eritrea win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Eritrea–Papua New Guinea

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.8%

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

	Eritrea	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1197	1443
Elo rank	181st	133rd
Peak Elo	1511 (1994)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	71	155
All-time record	11W 16D 44L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	48	336
Goals against	121	312
Biggest win	3–1 vs Somalia · 2009-12-05 · CECAFA Cup	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Angola · 2007-03-25 · African Cup of Nations qualification	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Eritrea and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.