Head to head

Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Nigeria at home

78% / 15% / 7%

Nigeria win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Nigeria–Papua New Guinea

2–0 14.7%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.6%
2–1 8.5%
1–1 7.2%

Neutral venue

71% / 18% / 11%

Nigeria win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Nigeria–Papua New Guinea

2–0 13.2%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.6%
2–1 9.4%
1–1 8.6%

Papua New Guinea at home

64% / 21% / 15%

Nigeria win / draw / Papua New Guinea win

Nigeria–Papua New Guinea

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.6%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 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

	Nigeria	Papua New Guinea
Current Elo	1883	1443
Elo rank	26th	133rd
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1553 (1989)
Matches played	661	155
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	52W 29D 74L
Goals for	1008	336
Goals against	662	312
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.00

When they've met

Nigeria and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.