Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home
25% / 25% / 50%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / Saudi Arabia win
Papua New Guinea–Saudi Arabia
  • 1–1 11.7%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.8%
  • 1–0 7.2%
Neutral venue
19% / 23% / 58%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / Saudi Arabia win
Papua New Guinea–Saudi Arabia
  • 0–1 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.8%
  • 0–2 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 6.3%
Saudi Arabia at home
14% / 20% / 66%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / Saudi Arabia win
Papua New Guinea–Saudi Arabia
  • 0–2 12.0%
  • 0–1 11.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.7%
  • 0–3 8.1%

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 GuineaSaudi Arabia
Current Elo14431705
Elo rank133rd62nd
Peak Elo1553 (1989)1830 (2008)
Matches played155744
All-time record52W 29D 74L351W 172D 221L
Goals for3361139
Goals against312782
Biggest win20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.04

When they've met

Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia have never played each other.