Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home
22% / 24% / 55%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / Republic of Ireland win
Papua New Guinea–Republic of Ireland
  • 1–1 11.2%
  • 0–1 11.2%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–2 9.7%
  • 1–0 6.5%
Neutral venue
16% / 21% / 62%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / Republic of Ireland win
Papua New Guinea–Republic of Ireland
  • 0–1 11.6%
  • 0–2 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.2%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 7.3%
Republic of Ireland at home
12% / 19% / 70%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / Republic of Ireland win
Papua New Guinea–Republic of Ireland
  • 0–2 12.8%
  • 0–1 12.0%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–3 9.1%
  • 1–1 8.9%

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

 Papua New GuineaRepublic of Ireland
Current Elo14431762
Elo rank133rd48th
Peak Elo1553 (1989)1927 (2002)
Matches played155633
All-time record52W 29D 74L243W 179D 211L
Goals for336858
Goals against312769
Biggest win20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.09

When they've met

Papua New Guinea and Republic of Ireland have never played each other.