Head to head

France vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

France at home
90% / 8% / 2%
France win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
France–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 18.3%
  • 3–0 17.6%
  • 4–0 12.7%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 5–0 7.4%
Neutral venue
86% / 11% / 3%
France win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
France–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 16.9%
  • 3–0 15.2%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 10.2%
  • 2–1 6.3%
Papua New Guinea at home
81% / 14% / 6%
France win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
France–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 15.5%
  • 3–0 12.9%
  • 1–0 12.4%
  • 4–0 8.0%
  • 2–1 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

 FrancePapua New Guinea
Current Elo21391443
Elo rank4th133rd
Peak Elo2232 (2026)1553 (1989)
Matches played943155
All-time record483W 195D 265L52W 29D 74L
Goals for1735336
Goals against1219312
Biggest win14–0 vs Gibraltar · 2023-11-18 · UEFA Euro qualification20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss1–17 vs Denmark · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won20
Expected World Cups0.900.00

When they've met

France and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.