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Solomon Islands defeated Papua New Guinea 2-1 !!!!!
PAPUA DISCOUNTED!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOAL BY TOMMY SEMMY
5 MORE MINUTES WILL BE PLAYED
Solomon Islands came dangerously close and came very close to extending the score.
The match returned to normal. Solomon Islands took back into the game again and started attacking. Yellow card for Kamai in Papua New Guinea.
Papua woke up late. The attack was predictable and desperate.
Papua rode the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will have a great closing
THE DISCOUNT WAS MISSED BY PAPUA!!!!!!!!!! THE FIRST CLEAR GOAL OPTION THEY HAD AND THEY MISSED IT.
Papua made another change, looking for a way to get into the game. A draw looks a long way off
LEA’ALAFA! GOOOOOL. Great counter strike from Solomon Islands and excellent definition of the striker.
2 changes for the visitors. The coach is looking to continue to dominate the actions of the match. What an excellent planting Salomón has done!!!!!!!!!
Papua New Guinea had a match to forget. They did not make their home advantage count and with very little the visitors won the match without suffering it.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA WAS SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT SHOT DIRECTLY AT GOAL THAT HITS THE POST AND GOES SLIGHTLY WIDE
Yellow card for Joseph Joe in Papua New Guinea.
A deflected shot by Papua New Guinea. After that, they take a corner kick with no danger.
The game has gained in intensity, but there are still no scoring chances
Solomon Islands seeks to attack in the first minutes, taking advantage of the desperation of the locals to equalize
There were 2 changes in the premises
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With a goal by Junior David, Solomon Islands partially defeats Papua New Guinea. A game with only one scoring chance and it was a goal.
YELLOW CARD FOR DANIEL JOE, THE FIRST YELLOW CARD IN THE WHOLE MATCH. (PAPUA NEW GUINEA)
5 MORE MINUTES WILL BE PLAYED
The goal came at the least expected moment. It is hoped that this could open up the match and that there would be more dangerous options. In the first arrival of the match, the goal was scored.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL FOR SOLOMON ISLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUNIOR DAVID #14
Dangerous approach by Solomon, but well controlled by the home defense
The visitors have tried to implement wing play, but it has not been effective. The shots do not arrive with precision
The game is stopped again and the players take the opportunity to receive instructions from the coaches. The effective time in this match is ugly!
The referee cut the game too much and did not give it the necessary rhythm.
We are halfway through the first half and both teams do not have a single direct shot on goal. We only have approaches and deflected shots.
Papua has had control of the ball in the last few minutes, but is unable to finish the play.
After the hydration break, the match lost intensity and rhythm.
The game lacks creativity, the teams are very predictable when attacking. So far, good defensive work by both teams.
Papua New Guinea’s shot on goal is well controlled by the visiting goalkeeper.
The first approach of the match was for the visitors. Through a corner kick, they arrived with danger.
Both teams are very imprecise with the delivery of the ball, failing to connect 3 passes in a row.
The initiative belongs to the visitors, the Solomon Islands seek to attack through their opponent’s flanks.
LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A new journey towards the 2026 World Cup is about to begin

  • 12 MICHAEL LAULAE (GK)
  • 20 HAROLD NAUANIA (GK)
  • 3 LEON KOFANA
  • 4 MICHAEL BOSO
  • 8 DON KEANA
  • 11 JUNIOR FORDNE
  • 13 PAUL FRANCIS,
  • 6 VINCENT LIUGA
  • 18 BEN FOX
  • 19 MICAH LEA’ALAFA
  • 21 STANTON ALICK
  • 22 GORDON IRO

  • 12 CHRISTINUS BIASU (GK)
  • 23 CHARLIE LEPANI (GK)
  • 7 RAYMOND GUNEMBA
  • 8 JOSEPH JOE,
  • 9 OBERTH SIMON
  • 10 REX NAIME
  • 17 NATHANIEL EDDIE
  • 18 CHAPPY UPAIGA
  • 19 JOSHUA TALAU
  • 20 ETHAN ANTHONY
  • 21 AROL TATAENG
  • 22 SHANE SAKAEL

 

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Papua New Guinea local today, ranked 171st.
The Solomon Islands national team is ranked 147th in the FIFA ranking.
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The Oceania Football Confederation awards one direct quota to the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico and one quota to the playoffs. 11 teams will compete in the preliminary rounds in 2024. In March 2025, the semifinals will be played and the champion will go to the World Cup, while the runner-up will play a playoff against a CONMEBOL team. It should be recalled that Australia has not been part of this Confederation for a few years by its own decision.

  •  Fiji
  • Cook Islands
  • Solomon Islands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • American Samoa
  • Tahiti
  • Tonga
  • Vanuatu

Solomon Islands, like Papua New Guinea, has never played a World Cup. It has participated 8 times in the OFC Nations Cup, finishing runner-up in 2004. Its first match as a FIFA-recognized national team was in 1963 in the Pacific Games against the Vanuatu national soccer team.
The Papua New Guinea National Team has never played a World Cup in its history. It has participated 5 times in the OFC Nations Cup, finishing runner-up in 2016. His best results were obtained playing the Pacific Games and the Melanesia Cup, where he was champion in 2022. These last mentioned competitions are championships between oceanic teams, mainly those that are islands.

The PNG National Football Stadium was built in 2016 by the architectural firm Popolous. The idea is for it to be used for soccer, volleyball, touch 7s and rugby league matches. The renovation has given the stadium a new visual appeal, using the traditional Papua New Guinean colors of black, red and yellow in textures and patterns. It is the home of a local Papua New Guinean team, called the ‘Hunters’. Since its construction it has had the possibility to host 2 very important events for the development of the country: FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2016 and the Rugby League World Cup 2017.

Hello to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the match between Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands on Matchday 3 of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. The match will take place at PNG Football Stadium located in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, at 00:00 hours (CDMX).
My name is Juan Sebastian Rodriguez and I will be your host for this match. We will bring you pre-match analysis, score updates and live news here on VAVEL.

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