Head to head

Iran vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Iran at home

78% / 15% / 7%

Iran win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Iran–Papua New Guinea

2–0 14.8%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.8%
2–1 8.4%
1–1 7.1%

Neutral venue

71% / 18% / 11%

Iran win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Iran–Papua New Guinea

2–0 13.3%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.7%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.5%

Papua New Guinea at home

64% / 21% / 15%

Iran win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Iran–Papua New Guinea

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

	Iran	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1889	1443
Elo rank	25th	133rd
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	615	155
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	1158	336
Goals against	486	312
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 1W 0D 0L

Goals

8–1

Iran first

First meeting

8–1

Iran won · 2016-11-10 · Friendly

Most recent

8–1

Iran won · 2016-11-10 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-11-10	8–1	Neutral	Friendly