Head to head

North Korea vs Portugal

If they played today

North Korea at home

10% / 18% / 72%

North Korea win / draw / Portugal win

North Korea–Portugal

0–2 13.4%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.9%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

Neutral venue

7% / 15% / 79%

North Korea win / draw / Portugal win

North Korea–Portugal

0–2 14.9%
0–1 12.4%
0–3 12.0%
1–2 8.3%
0–4 7.2%

Portugal at home

4% / 12% / 84%

North Korea win / draw / Portugal win

North Korea–Portugal

0–2 16.4%
0–3 14.3%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 9.3%
1–2 6.9%

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 Korea	Portugal
Current Elo	1494	2051
Elo rank	114th	7th
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	2095 (2022)
Matches played	390	700
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	351W 161D 188L
Goals for	628	1235
Goals against	435	781
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	9–0 vs Luxembourg · 2023-09-11 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–10 vs England · 1947-05-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.36

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 0W 0D 2L

Goals

3–12

North Korea first

First meeting

3–5

Portugal won · 1966-07-23 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

0–7

Portugal won · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup

North Korea's biggest win

—

Never beaten Portugal

Portugal's biggest win

7–0

2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won last 2

Portugal · since 1966-07-23

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-06-21	0–7	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1966-07-23	3–5	Neutral	FIFA World Cup