Head to head

Benin vs Botswana

If they played today

Benin at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Benin win / draw / Botswana win

Benin–Botswana

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

49% / 25% / 26%

Benin win / draw / Botswana win

Benin–Botswana

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Botswana at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Benin win / draw / Botswana win

Benin–Botswana

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.8%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 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

	Benin	Botswana
Current Elo	1540	1388
Elo rank	98th	149th
Peak Elo	1607 (2020)	1561 (2011)
Matches played	325	332
All-time record	84W 79D 162L	90W 92D 150L
Goals for	352	268
Goals against	561	426
Biggest win	7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.05	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Benin 1W 0D 0L

Goals

1–0

Benin first

First meeting

1–0

Benin won · 2025-12-27 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

1–0

Benin won · 2025-12-27 · African Cup of Nations

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-12-27	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations