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Head to head

Northern Ireland vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
63% / 21% / 16%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Northern Ireland–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–0 11.7%
  • 2–0 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.1%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.4%
Neutral venue
55% / 24% / 22%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Northern Ireland–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 11.2%
  • 1–0 11.2%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 2–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 6.4%
Papua New Guinea at home
47% / 25% / 28%
Northern Ireland win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Northern Ireland–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 1–0 10.6%
  • 2–1 9.3%
  • 2–0 8.2%
  • 0–1 7.8%

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

 Northern IrelandPapua New Guinea
Current Elo16671443
Elo rank73rd133rd
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1553 (1989)
Matches played707155
All-time record185W 160D 362L52W 29D 74L
Goals for741336
Goals against1296312
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.00

When they've met

Northern Ireland and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.