Head to head

North Korea vs South Korea

If they played today

North Korea at home

20% / 23% / 57%

North Korea win / draw / South Korea win

North Korea–South Korea

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 64%

North Korea win / draw / South Korea win

North Korea–South Korea

0–1 11.8%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.8%

South Korea at home

10% / 18% / 72%

North Korea win / draw / South Korea win

North Korea–South Korea

0–2 13.3%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.7%
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	South Korea
Current Elo	1494	1842
Elo rank	114th	34th
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	390	1010
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	628	1794
Goals against	435	917
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.19
AFC Asian Cups won	0	2
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.35	2.93

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 1W 10D 8L

Goals

6–17

North Korea first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1978-12-20 · Asian Games

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2019-10-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification

North Korea's biggest win

2–1

1990-10-11 · Friendly

South Korea's biggest win

3–0

2005-08-14 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

North Korea first · 7 times, last 2019-10-15

Current run

Unbeaten in 14

South Korea · since 1990-10-23

19 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-10-15	0–0	North Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-12-12	0–1	Neutral	EAFF Championship
2015-08-09	0–0	Neutral	EAFF Championship
2009-04-01	0–1	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-09-10	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-22	0–0	South Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-03-26	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-02-20	1–1	Neutral	EAFF Championship
2005-08-14	0–3	South Korea home	Friendly
2005-08-04	0–0	South Korea home	EAFF Championship
2002-09-07	0–0	South Korea home	Friendly
1993-10-28	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-08-24	1–1	Neutral	Dynasty Cup
1990-10-23	0–1	South Korea home	Friendly
1990-10-11	2–1	North Korea home	Friendly
1990-07-29	0–1	Neutral	Dynasty Cup
1989-10-16	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-09-28	1–2	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1978-12-20	0–0	Neutral	Asian Games