Head to head

New Zealand vs North Korea

If they played today

New Zealand at home
60% / 22% / 18%
New Zealand win / draw / North Korea win
New Zealand–North Korea
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.9%
  • 1–1 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.9%
Neutral venue
53% / 24% / 23%
New Zealand win / draw / North Korea win
New Zealand–North Korea
  • 1–1 11.5%
  • 1–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.3%
  • 0–1 6.8%
North Korea at home
44% / 26% / 30%
New Zealand win / draw / North Korea win
New Zealand–North Korea
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 0–1 8.2%
  • 2–0 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

 New ZealandNorth Korea
Current Elo16891494
Elo rank68th114th
Peak Elo1825 (2025)1779 (1980)
Matches played419390
All-time record172W 74D 173L162W 106D 122L
Goals for733628
Goals against634435
Biggest win13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.03

When they've met

New Zealand and North Korea have never played each other.