Head to head

Papua New Guinea vs Zambia

If they played today

Papua New Guinea at home

36% / 26% / 37%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Zambia win

Papua New Guinea–Zambia

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Zambia win

Papua New Guinea–Zambia

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

Zambia at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Papua New Guinea win / draw / Zambia win

Papua New Guinea–Zambia

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.6%

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	Zambia
Current Elo	1443	1551
Elo rank	133rd	94th
Peak Elo	1553 (1989)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	155	793
All-time record	52W 29D 74L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	336	1234
Goals against	312	851
Biggest win	20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Papua New Guinea and Zambia have never played each other.