Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs Sri Lanka

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home

77% / 15% / 7%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Papua New Guinea–Sri Lanka

2–0 14.6%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.5%
2–1 8.6%
1–1 7.3%

Neutral venue

70% / 18% / 11%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Papua New Guinea–Sri Lanka

2–0 13.0%
1–0 12.1%
2–1 9.4%
3–0 9.4%
1–1 8.7%

Sri Lanka at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Sri Lanka win

Papua New Guinea–Sri Lanka

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.5%

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	Sri Lanka
Current Elo	1443	1011
Elo rank	133rd	202nd
Peak Elo	1553 (1989)	1489 (1952)
Matches played	155	251
All-time record	52W 29D 74L	49W 47D 155L
Goals for	336	237
Goals against	312	576
Biggest win	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games	7–1 vs Pakistan · 2008-04-04 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly	1–12 vs German DR · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Meetings

Papua New Guinea 0W 1D 0L

Goals

0–0

Papua New Guinea first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2024-03-22 · FIFA Series

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2024-03-22 · FIFA Series

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-03-22	0–0	Sri Lanka home	FIFA Series