Head to head

Lesotho vs New Zealand

If they played today

Lesotho at home

25% / 25% / 51%

Lesotho win / draw / New Zealand win

Lesotho–New Zealand

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

19% / 23% / 59%

Lesotho win / draw / New Zealand win

Lesotho–New Zealand

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.4%

New Zealand at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Lesotho win / draw / New Zealand win

Lesotho–New Zealand

0–2 12.1%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.6%
0–3 8.2%

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

	Lesotho	New Zealand
Current Elo	1419	1689
Elo rank	143rd	68th
Peak Elo	1509 (1970)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	296	419
All-time record	54W 94D 148L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	230	733
Goals against	466	634
Biggest win	5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02

When they've met

Lesotho and New Zealand have never played each other.