Head to head

Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Lesotho at home
43% / 26% / 31%
Lesotho win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Lesotho–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 1–0 10.3%
  • 2–1 8.9%
  • 0–1 8.5%
  • 2–0 7.4%
Neutral venue
35% / 26% / 39%
Lesotho win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Lesotho–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.3%
  • 1–2 8.4%
  • 2–1 7.9%
Papua New Guinea at home
28% / 25% / 47%
Lesotho win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Lesotho–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 0–1 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 0–2 8.2%
  • 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

 LesothoPapua New Guinea
Current Elo14191443
Elo rank143rd133rd
Peak Elo1509 (1970)1553 (1989)
Matches played296155
All-time record54W 94D 148L52W 29D 74L
Goals for230336
Goals against466312
Biggest win5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Lesotho and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.