Head to head

North Korea vs Sri Lanka

If they played today

North Korea at home

80% / 14% / 6%

North Korea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

North Korea–Sri Lanka

2–0 15.3%
3–0 12.6%
1–0 12.4%
2–1 8.0%
4–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

74% / 17% / 9%

North Korea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

North Korea–Sri Lanka

2–0 13.8%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
1–1 8.0%

Sri Lanka at home

67% / 20% / 13%

North Korea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

North Korea–Sri Lanka

2–0 12.3%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
3–0 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	Sri Lanka
Current Elo	1494	1011
Elo rank	114th	202nd
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1489 (1952)
Matches played	390	251
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	49W 47D 155L
Goals for	628	237
Goals against	435	576
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	7–1 vs Pakistan · 2008-04-04 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	1–12 vs German DR · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	0	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.35	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 3W 0D 0L

Goals

8–0

North Korea first

First meeting

3–0

North Korea won · 2008-07-31 · AFC Challenge Cup

Most recent

1–0

North Korea won · 2019-09-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

North Korea's biggest win

4–0

2011-04-07 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Sri Lanka's biggest win

—

Never beaten North Korea

Current run

Won last 3

North Korea · since 2008-07-31

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-09-10	1–0	Sri Lanka home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2011-04-07	4–0	Neutral	AFC Challenge Cup qualification
2008-07-31	3–0	Neutral	AFC Challenge Cup