Head to head

Angola vs Cape Verde

If they played today

Angola at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Angola win / draw / Cape Verde win

Angola–Cape Verde

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

Angola win / draw / Cape Verde win

Angola–Cape Verde

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

Cape Verde at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Angola win / draw / Cape Verde win

Angola–Cape Verde

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

	Angola	Cape Verde
Current Elo	1590	1699
Elo rank	86th	65th
Peak Elo	1724 (2006)	1702 (2026)
Matches played	415	239
All-time record	141W 148D 126L	89W 59D 91L
Goals for	470	262
Goals against	428	270
Biggest win	7–1 vs Eswatini · 2000-04-23 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Portugal · 1989-03-29 · Friendly	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	<0.01
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.26	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Angola 2W 4D 3L

Goals

9–10

Angola first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1985-07-09 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Cape Verde won · 2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Angola's biggest win

3–2

1988-11-19 · Friendly

Cape Verde's biggest win

2–1

2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–2

Angola first · twice, last 2025-03-25

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Cape Verde · since 2009-03-25

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-25	1–2	Angola home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2023-11-16	0–0	Cape Verde home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2013-01-27	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2009-09-09	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2009-03-25	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2005-08-17	2–1	Neutral	Friendly
2000-07-06	1–1	Cape Verde home	Friendly
1988-11-19	3–2	Cape Verde home	Friendly
1985-07-09	0–0	Cape Verde home	Friendly