Head to head

North Korea vs Scotland

If they played today

North Korea at home

22% / 24% / 55%

North Korea win / draw / Scotland win

North Korea–Scotland

1–1 11.2%
0–1 11.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.7%
1–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

16% / 21% / 62%

North Korea win / draw / Scotland win

North Korea–Scotland

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.3%
1–1 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.3%

Scotland at home

12% / 19% / 70%

North Korea win / draw / Scotland win

North Korea–Scotland

0–2 12.9%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.5%
0–3 9.2%
1–1 8.9%

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	Scotland
Current Elo	1494	1815
Elo rank	114th	37th
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1875 (2023)
Matches played	390	854
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	403W 182D 269L
Goals for	628	1455
Goals against	435	1054
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.21

When they've met

North Korea and Scotland have never played each other.