Head to head

North Korea vs Sweden

If they played today

North Korea at home

23% / 24% / 53%

North Korea win / draw / Sweden win

North Korea–Sweden

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

17% / 22% / 61%

North Korea win / draw / Sweden win

North Korea–Sweden

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

Sweden at home

12% / 19% / 68%

North Korea win / draw / Sweden win

North Korea–Sweden

0–2 12.6%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
0–3 8.8%

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	Sweden
Current Elo	1494	1797
Elo rank	114th	41st
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1955 (2018)
Matches played	390	1105
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	542W 234D 329L
Goals for	628	2178
Goals against	435	1431
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	12–0 vs Latvia · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–10 vs Denmark · 1913-10-05 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.52

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 0W 2D 1L

Goals

2–6

North Korea first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2003-02-18 · King's Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2013-01-23 · King's Cup

North Korea's biggest win

—

Never beaten Sweden

Sweden's biggest win

4–0

2003-02-22 · King's Cup

Most common result

1–1

North Korea first · twice, last 2013-01-23

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Sweden · since 2003-02-18

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-01-23	1–1	Neutral	King's Cup
2003-02-22	0–4	Neutral	King's Cup
2003-02-18	1–1	Neutral	King's Cup