Head to head

New Zealand vs South Korea

If they played today

New Zealand at home

33% / 26% / 41%

New Zealand win / draw / South Korea win

New Zealand–South Korea

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

New Zealand win / draw / South Korea win

New Zealand–South Korea

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

South Korea at home

20% / 23% / 57%

New Zealand win / draw / South Korea win

New Zealand–South Korea

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

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 Zealand	South Korea
Current Elo	1689	1842
Elo rank	68th	33rd
Peak Elo	1825 (2025)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	419	1010
All-time record	172W 74D 173L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	733	1794
Goals against	634	917
Biggest win	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

New Zealand 1W 1D 5L

Goals

3–9

New Zealand first

First meeting

0–2

South Korea won · 1976-09-23 · Korea Cup

Most recent

0–1

South Korea won · 2015-03-31 · Friendly

New Zealand's biggest win

2–1

1980-10-15 · Merdeka Tournament

South Korea's biggest win

3–1

1997-01-25 · Friendly

Most common result

0–1

New Zealand first · 3 times, last 2015-03-31

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

South Korea · since 1997-01-25

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-03-31	0–1	South Korea home	Friendly
2000-01-23	0–0	New Zealand home	Friendly
2000-01-21	0–1	New Zealand home	Friendly
1998-02-07	0–1	New Zealand home	Friendly
1997-01-25	1–3	Neutral	Friendly
1980-10-15	2–1	Neutral	Merdeka Tournament
1976-09-23	0–2	South Korea home	Korea Cup