Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs Russia

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Russia win

Papua New Guinea–Russia

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

Neutral venue

12% / 19% / 68%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Russia win

Papua New Guinea–Russia

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

Russia at home

8% / 16% / 75%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Russia win

Papua New Guinea–Russia

0–2 14.1%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.8%
1–2 8.9%
1–1 7.7%

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 Guinea	Russia
Current Elo	1443	1845
Elo rank	133rd	31st
Peak Elo	1553 (1989)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	155	749
All-time record	52W 29D 74L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	336	1301
Goals against	312	735
Biggest win	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.73

When they've met

Papua New Guinea and Russia have never played each other.