Head to head

Malawi vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Malawi at home
44% / 26% / 30%
Malawi win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Malawi–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 0–1 8.2%
  • 2–0 7.7%
Neutral venue
36% / 26% / 37%
Malawi win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Malawi–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.7%
  • 1–0 9.6%
  • 1–2 8.2%
  • 2–1 8.1%
Papua New Guinea at home
29% / 26% / 45%
Malawi win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Malawi–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 0–1 10.5%
  • 1–2 9.2%
  • 1–0 8.0%
  • 0–2 7.9%

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

 MalawiPapua New Guinea
Current Elo14381443
Elo rank137th133rd
Peak Elo1669 (1985)1553 (1989)
Matches played644155
All-time record219W 182D 243L52W 29D 74L
Goals for753336
Goals against832312
Biggest win8–1 vs Djibouti · 2008-05-31 · FIFA World Cup qualification20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–12 vs Ghana · 1962-10-15 · Friendly0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Malawi and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.