Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home

52% / 24% / 23%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Solomon Islands win

Papua New Guinea–Solomon Islands

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

Neutral venue

44% / 26% / 30%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Solomon Islands win

Papua New Guinea–Solomon Islands

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

Solomon Islands at home

36% / 26% / 37%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Solomon Islands win

Papua New Guinea–Solomon Islands

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 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 Guinea	Solomon Islands
Current Elo	1443	1350
Elo rank	133rd	158th
Peak Elo	1553 (1989)	1705 (2004)
Matches played	155	214
All-time record	52W 29D 74L	90W 35D 89L
Goals for	336	462
Goals against	312	421
Biggest win	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games	16–0 vs Cook Islands · 1995-08-21 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly	0–18 vs Tahiti · 1963-09-06 · South Pacific Games
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
OFC Nations Cups won	0	0
Expected OFC Nations Cups	0.29	0.92

When they've met

Meetings

Papua New Guinea 5W 4D 15L

Goals

30–43

Papua New Guinea first

First meeting

4–0

Papua New Guinea won · 1969-08-16 · South Pacific Games

Most recent

1–0

Papua New Guinea won · 2025-11-13 · MSG Prime Minister's Cup

Papua New Guinea's biggest win

4–0

1969-08-16 · South Pacific Games

Solomon Islands' biggest win

5–3

2003-06-14 · Friendly

Most common result

1–2

Papua New Guinea first · 4 times, last 2024-11-17

Current run

Won last 2

Papua New Guinea · since 2024-12-18

24 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-11-13	1–0	Papua New Guinea home	MSG Prime Minister's Cup
2024-12-18	3–2	Solomon Islands home	MSG Prime Minister's Cup
2024-11-17	1–2	Papua New Guinea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2023-10-08	1–3	Neutral	MSG Prime Minister's Cup
2022-03-27	2–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-06-13	1–2	Papua New Guinea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-06-09	2–3	Solomon Islands home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-06-08	2–1	Papua New Guinea home	Oceania Nations Cup
2016-03-24	0–2	Solomon Islands home	Friendly
2012-06-02	0–1	Solomon Islands home	Oceania Nations Cup
2007-07-13	1–2	Solomon Islands home	Friendly
2003-06-14	3–5	Papua New Guinea home	Friendly
2002-07-05	0–0	Neutral	Oceania Nations Cup
2000-04-13	2–4	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1998-09-19	1–2	Solomon Islands home	Friendly
1998-09-05	1–3	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1996-09-16	1–1	Papua New Guinea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1994-07-05	0–2	Solomon Islands home	Melanesia Cup
1991-09-09	0–0	Papua New Guinea home	South Pacific Games
1990-11-06	0–1	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1989-11-03	0–0	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1981-07-14	2–1	Solomon Islands home	South Pacific Mini Games
1979-09-03	2–3	Neutral	South Pacific Games
1969-08-16	4–0	Papua New Guinea home	South Pacific Games