Head to head

Nicaragua vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Nicaragua at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Nicaragua win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Nicaragua–Papua New Guinea

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Nicaragua win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Nicaragua–Papua New Guinea

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.7%

Papua New Guinea at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Nicaragua win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Nicaragua–Papua New Guinea

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

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

	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1491	1443
Elo rank	115th	133rd
Peak Elo	1539 (2024)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	222	155
All-time record	51W 27D 144L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	234	336
Goals against	534	312
Biggest win	7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.