Head to head

Malta vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Malta at home

38% / 26% / 36%

Malta win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Malta–Papua New Guinea

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.0%

Neutral venue

31% / 26% / 44%

Malta win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Malta–Papua New Guinea

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.3%
0–2 7.6%

Papua New Guinea at home

24% / 24% / 52%

Malta win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Malta–Papua New Guinea

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.2%
1–0 6.9%

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

	Malta	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1358	1443
Elo rank	155th	133rd
Peak Elo	1513 (1960)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	458	155
All-time record	65W 78D 315L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	298	336
Goals against	1027	312
Biggest win	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Malta and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.