Head to head

Netherlands vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Netherlands at home
87% / 10% / 3%
Netherlands win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Netherlands–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 17.0%
  • 3–0 15.4%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 6.1%
Neutral venue
81% / 13% / 5%
Netherlands win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Netherlands–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 15.6%
  • 3–0 13.1%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 8.2%
  • 2–1 7.7%
Papua New Guinea at home
75% / 16% / 8%
Netherlands win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Netherlands–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 14.2%
  • 1–0 12.3%
  • 3–0 10.9%
  • 2–1 8.9%
  • 1–1 7.7%

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

 NetherlandsPapua New Guinea
Current Elo20481443
Elo rank8th133rd
Peak Elo2198 (2014)1553 (1989)
Matches played883155
All-time record455W 200D 228L52W 29D 74L
Goals for1852336
Goals against1081312
Biggest win11–0 vs San Marino · 2011-09-02 · UEFA Euro qualification20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–7 vs Germany · 1959-10-21 · Friendly0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.830.00

When they've met

Netherlands and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.