Head to head

North Korea vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

North Korea at home

29% / 25% / 46%

North Korea win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

North Korea–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

Neutral venue

22% / 24% / 54%

North Korea win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

North Korea–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.6%

Saudi Arabia at home

17% / 22% / 62%

North Korea win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

North Korea–Saudi Arabia

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.1%

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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1494	1705
Elo rank	114th	62nd
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	390	744
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	628	1139
Goals against	435	782
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.04
AFC Asian Cups won	0	3
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.35	0.90

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 1W 4D 6L

Goals

6–18

North Korea first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1982-11-24 · Asian Games

Most recent

0–4

Saudi Arabia won · 2019-01-08 · AFC Asian Cup

North Korea's biggest win

1–0

2009-02-11 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

4–0

2019-01-08 · AFC Asian Cup

Most common result

0–0

North Korea first · twice, last 2009-06-17

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Saudi Arabia · since 2009-06-17

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-01-08	0–4	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2015-01-14	1–4	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2009-06-17	0–0	Saudi Arabia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-02-11	1–0	North Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2007-07-04	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2001-07-23	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
1993-10-18	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1990-10-01	0–0	Neutral	Asian Games
1989-10-28	0–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1982-12-02	0–2	Neutral	Asian Games
1982-11-24	2–2	Neutral	Asian Games