Head to head

North Korea vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

North Korea at home
49% / 25% / 26%
North Korea win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
North Korea–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 1–0 10.8%
  • 2–1 9.5%
  • 2–0 8.6%
  • 0–1 7.4%
Neutral venue
41% / 26% / 33%
North Korea win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
North Korea–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.1%
  • 0–1 8.8%
  • 2–1 8.7%
  • 1–2 7.6%
Papua New Guinea at home
33% / 26% / 41%
North Korea win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
North Korea–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.0%
  • 1–0 8.9%
  • 1–2 8.7%
  • 2–1 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

 North KoreaPapua New Guinea
Current Elo14941443
Elo rank114th133rd
Peak Elo1779 (1980)1553 (1989)
Matches played390155
All-time record162W 106D 122L52W 29D 74L
Goals for628336
Goals against435312
Biggest win21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.030.00

When they've met

North Korea and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.