Head to head

North Korea vs Russia

If they played today

North Korea at home

20% / 23% / 57%

North Korea win / draw / Russia win

North Korea–Russia

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 65%

North Korea win / draw / Russia win

North Korea–Russia

0–2 11.8%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
0–3 7.9%

Russia at home

10% / 18% / 72%

North Korea win / draw / Russia win

North Korea–Russia

0–2 13.3%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.8%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.5%

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	Russia
Current Elo	1494	1845
Elo rank	114th	31st
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	390	749
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	628	1301
Goals against	435	735
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.73

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 1W 0D 1L

Goals

1–3

North Korea first

First meeting

0–3

Russia won · 1966-07-12 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–0

North Korea won · 1987-02-21 · King's Cup

North Korea's biggest win

1–0

1987-02-21 · King's Cup

Russia's biggest win

3–0

1966-07-12 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

North Korea · since 1987-02-21

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1987-02-21	1–0	Neutral	King's Cup
1966-07-12	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup