Head to head

Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Mauritania at home
45% / 26% / 29%
Mauritania win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Mauritania–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 0–1 8.1%
  • 2–0 7.8%
Neutral venue
37% / 26% / 37%
Mauritania win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Mauritania–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 9.6%
  • 2–1 8.2%
  • 1–2 8.1%
Papua New Guinea at home
30% / 26% / 45%
Mauritania win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Mauritania–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 8.1%
  • 0–2 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

 MauritaniaPapua New Guinea
Current Elo14451443
Elo rank130th133rd
Peak Elo1530 (2023)1553 (1989)
Matches played273155
All-time record52W 71D 150L52W 29D 74L
Goals for198336
Goals against434312
Biggest win8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Mauritania and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.