Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs Vanuatu

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Vanuatu win

Papua New Guinea–Vanuatu

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

38% / 26% / 36%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Vanuatu win

Papua New Guinea–Vanuatu

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.0%

Vanuatu at home

30% / 26% / 44%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Vanuatu win

Papua New Guinea–Vanuatu

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.3%
0–2 7.6%

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	Vanuatu
Current Elo	1443	1430
Elo rank	133rd	140th
Peak Elo	1553 (1989)	1609 (2004)
Matches played	155	214
All-time record	52W 29D 74L	69W 29D 116L
Goals for	336	403
Goals against	312	460
Biggest win	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games	18–0 vs Kiribati · 2003-07-07 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly	0–9 vs New Zealand · 1951-10-04 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
OFC Nations Cups won	0	0
Expected OFC Nations Cups	0.29	0.76

When they've met

Meetings

Papua New Guinea 10W 6D 9L

Goals

33–37

Papua New Guinea first

First meeting

2–5

Vanuatu won · 1966-12-17 · South Pacific Games

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2025-11-23 · MSG Prime Minister's Cup

Papua New Guinea's biggest win

3–0

1989-10-31 · Melanesia Cup

Vanuatu's biggest win

5–2

1966-12-17 · South Pacific Games

Most common result

1–1

Papua New Guinea first · 5 times, last 2023-11-23

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Papua New Guinea · since 2023-11-23

25 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-11-23	2–2	Papua New Guinea home	MSG Prime Minister's Cup
2024-12-21	2–1	Neutral	MSG Prime Minister's Cup
2023-11-23	1–1	Neutral	Pacific Games
2023-10-14	0–1	Neutral	MSG Prime Minister's Cup
2022-09-24	1–0	Vanuatu home	MSG Prime Minister's Cup
2019-07-10	2–0	Neutral	Pacific Games
2004-05-10	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-04-15	1–4	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1998-09-08	1–1	Vanuatu home	Melanesia Cup
1996-09-20	2–1	Papua New Guinea home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1995-08-20	0–3	Neutral	South Pacific Games
1994-07-07	1–1	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1993-12-13	0–1	Vanuatu home	South Pacific Mini Games
1991-09-12	0–1	Papua New Guinea home	South Pacific Games
1990-11-05	0–1	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1989-10-31	3–0	Neutral	Melanesia Cup
1987-12-19	3–1	Neutral	South Pacific Games
1987-12-12	1–1	Neutral	South Pacific Games
1981-07-15	1–0	Neutral	South Pacific Mini Games
1981-07-13	3–2	Neutral	South Pacific Mini Games
1980-02-24	4–3	Neutral	Oceania Nations Cup
1979-09-05	0–2	Neutral	South Pacific Games
1975-08-02	0–3	Neutral	South Pacific Games
1969-08-18	2–1	Papua New Guinea home	South Pacific Games
1966-12-17	2–5	Neutral	South Pacific Games