Head to head

Finland vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Finland at home
59% / 23% / 19%
Finland win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Finland–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–0 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.7%
  • 2–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.5%
Neutral venue
51% / 25% / 25%
Finland win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Finland–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 11.6%
  • 1–0 10.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 2–0 9.0%
  • 0–1 7.1%
Papua New Guinea at home
43% / 26% / 31%
Finland win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Finland–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 1–0 10.2%
  • 2–1 8.9%
  • 0–1 8.5%
  • 1–2 7.4%

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

 FinlandPapua New Guinea
Current Elo16161443
Elo rank82nd133rd
Peak Elo1779 (2021)1553 (1989)
Matches played818155
All-time record216W 166D 436L52W 29D 74L
Goals for960336
Goals against1675312
Biggest win10–2 vs Estonia · 1922-08-11 · Friendly20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–13 vs Germany · 1940-09-01 · Friendly0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Finland and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.