Head to head

Kuwait vs North Korea

If they played today

Kuwait at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Kuwait win / draw / North Korea win

Kuwait–North Korea

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

35% / 26% / 38%

Kuwait win / draw / North Korea win

Kuwait–North Korea

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 8.0%

North Korea at home

28% / 25% / 46%

Kuwait win / draw / North Korea win

Kuwait–North Korea

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.1%
1–0 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

	Kuwait	North Korea
Current Elo	1475	1494
Elo rank	120th	114th
Peak Elo	1800 (1977)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	684	390
All-time record	285W 179D 220L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	1067	628
Goals against	770	435
Biggest win	20–0 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-14 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Portugal · 2003-11-19 · Friendly	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.03
AFC Asian Cups won	1	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	1.11	0.35

When they've met

Meetings

Kuwait 6W 7D 1L

Goals

20–12

Kuwait first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1973-05-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–0

Kuwait won · 2014-10-31 · Friendly

Kuwait's biggest win

4–0

1998-09-13 · Friendly

North Korea's biggest win

2–0

1974-09-10 · Asian Games

Most common result

0–0

Kuwait first · 3 times, last 2011-08-10

Current run

Unbeaten in 11

Kuwait · since 1978-12-19

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-10-31	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2013-09-06	2–1	Kuwait home	Friendly
2012-02-17	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2011-08-10	0–0	Kuwait home	Friendly
2010-12-27	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
2010-12-24	2–1	Neutral	Friendly
2005-02-02	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
2001-08-05	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
1998-09-13	4–0	Kuwait home	Friendly
1982-11-30	3–2	Neutral	Asian Games
1978-12-19	2–2	Neutral	Asian Games
1974-09-10	0–2	Neutral	Asian Games
1973-05-15	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1973-05-08	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification