Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands: preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Match overview

On Wednesday, 30 September 2026, Papua New Guinea welcome Solomon Islands for a Men's International Friendly fixture set to start at 04:00 UTC.

The venue for the game is HFC Bank Stadium, Suva. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the kick-off to your local time zone.

Recent form

Over their last 5 games Papua New Guinea have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. They scored 5 goals and let in 7 goals (L-W-W-L-L).

Over their last 5 games Solomon Islands have 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. They scored 12 goals and let in 20 goals (L-L-D-W-D).

Papua New Guinea arrive in better form, taking 6 of a possible 15 points from their recent matches, compared with 5 for Solomon Islands.

Head-to-head

Across 5 meetings in our records, the tally is 1 win for Papua New Guinea, 4 wins for Solomon Islands and 0 draws. The most recent meeting came on Thursday, 13 November 2025: Papua New Guinea 1-0 Solomon Islands.

Across 5 meetings, the sides have produced 16 goals, an average of 3.2 per game.

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Papua New Guinea averaged 1 goals scored and 1.4 conceded per game, while Solomon Islands averaged 2.4 scored and 4 conceded.

Solomon Islands have the sharper recent attack, averaging 2.4 goals per game over their last 5 matches. Papua New Guinea have been harder to score against, conceding 1.4 goals per game over the same spell.

How to watch

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