Head to head

North Korea vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

North Korea at home

31% / 26% / 43%

North Korea win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

North Korea–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
2–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

25% / 25% / 51%

North Korea win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

North Korea–United Arab Emirates

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

United Arab Emirates at home

19% / 23% / 59%

North Korea win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

North Korea–United Arab Emirates

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

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	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1494	1666
Elo rank	114th	74th
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	390	612
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	628	867
Goals against	435	760
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	<0.01
AFC Asian Cups won	0	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.35	0.53

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 3W 5D 4L

Goals

12–11

North Korea first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1989-10-12 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–2

United Arab Emirates won · 2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

North Korea's biggest win

2–0

2016-08-24 · Friendly

United Arab Emirates' biggest win

2–1

2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–0

North Korea first · 3 times, last 2011-01-11

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

United Arab Emirates · since 2024-10-10

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-25	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-10-10	1–1	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-08-24	2–0	Neutral	Friendly
2011-01-11	0–0	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
2009-03-28	2–0	North Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-09-06	2–1	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2007-07-01	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2004-11-17	0–1	United Arab Emirates home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-03-31	0–0	North Korea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1998-12-02	3–3	Neutral	Asian Games
1992-11-03	1–2	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1989-10-12	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification