Head to head

North Korea vs United States

If they played today

North Korea at home

20% / 23% / 57%

North Korea win / draw / United States win

North Korea–United States

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 / United States win

North Korea–United States

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

United States at home

10% / 18% / 72%

North Korea win / draw / United States win

North Korea–United States

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	United States
Current Elo	1494	1842
Elo rank	114th	34th
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1973 (2021)
Matches played	390	795
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	354W 161D 280L
Goals for	628	1211
Goals against	435	1056
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	8–0 vs Barbados · 2008-06-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–11 vs Norway · 1948-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 1W 0D 0L

Goals

2–1

North Korea first

First meeting

2–1

North Korea won · 1991-10-19 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

North Korea won · 1991-10-19 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1991-10-19	2–1	United States home	Friendly