Head to head

Netherlands vs North Korea

If they played today

Netherlands at home

84% / 12% / 4%

Netherlands win / draw / North Korea win

Netherlands–North Korea

2–0 16.3%
3–0 14.2%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 9.3%
2–1 7.0%

Neutral venue

78% / 15% / 7%

Netherlands win / draw / North Korea win

Netherlands–North Korea

2–0 14.9%
1–0 12.4%
3–0 11.9%
2–1 8.4%
4–0 7.2%

North Korea at home

72% / 18% / 10%

Netherlands win / draw / North Korea win

Netherlands–North Korea

2–0 13.4%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.8%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

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

	Netherlands	North Korea
Current Elo	2048	1494
Elo rank	8th	114th
Peak Elo	2198 (2014)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	883	390
All-time record	455W 200D 228L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	1852	628
Goals against	1081	435
Biggest win	11–0 vs San Marino · 2011-09-02 · UEFA Euro qualification	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Germany · 1959-10-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.83	0.03

When they've met

Netherlands and North Korea have never played each other.