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Head to head

Japan vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Japan at home
83% / 13% / 5%
Japan win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Japan–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 16.0%
  • 3–0 13.6%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.4%
Neutral venue
77% / 16% / 8%
Japan win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Japan–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 14.5%
  • 1–0 12.3%
  • 3–0 11.4%
  • 2–1 8.6%
  • 1–1 7.3%
Papua New Guinea at home
70% / 18% / 11%
Japan win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Japan–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 13.0%
  • 1–0 12.0%
  • 2–1 9.5%
  • 3–0 9.4%
  • 1–1 8.8%

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

 JapanPapua New Guinea
Current Elo19731443
Elo rank15th133rd
Peak Elo2012 (2026)1553 (1989)
Matches played794155
All-time record391W 167D 236L52W 29D 74L
Goals for1451336
Goals against915312
Biggest win14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.160.00

When they've met

Japan and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.