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Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs South Africa

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home
26% / 25% / 49%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / South Africa win
Papua New Guinea–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.6%
  • 1–0 7.4%
Neutral venue
20% / 23% / 57%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / South Africa win
Papua New Guinea–South Africa
  • 0–1 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.9%
  • 0–2 10.2%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.3%
South Africa at home
15% / 21% / 65%
Papua New Guinea win / draw / South Africa win
Papua New Guinea–South Africa
  • 0–2 11.8%
  • 0–1 11.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.8%
  • 0–3 7.9%

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 GuineaSouth Africa
Current Elo14431694
Elo rank133rd66th
Peak Elo1553 (1989)1792 (1996)
Matches played155484
All-time record52W 29D 74L216W 146D 122L
Goals for336652
Goals against312458
Biggest win20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.02

When they've met

Papua New Guinea and South Africa have never played each other.