Head to head

Benin vs Ethiopia

If they played today

Benin at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Benin win / draw / Ethiopia win

Benin–Ethiopia

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

49% / 25% / 26%

Benin win / draw / Ethiopia win

Benin–Ethiopia

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Ethiopia at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Benin win / draw / Ethiopia win

Benin–Ethiopia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.7%

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	Ethiopia
Current Elo	1540	1393
Elo rank	98th	148th
Peak Elo	1607 (2020)	1641 (1968)
Matches played	325	409
All-time record	84W 79D 162L	144W 93D 172L
Goals for	352	549
Goals against	561	595
Biggest win	7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games	10–2 vs Djibouti · 1954-05-01 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly	0–13 vs Iraq · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.05	1.67

When they've met

Meetings

Benin 1W 2D 1L

Goals

3–4

Benin first

First meeting

1–3

Ethiopia won · 1992-12-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2012-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Benin's biggest win

1–0

1993-02-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Ethiopia's biggest win

3–1

1992-12-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Benin · since 1993-02-28

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-06-17	1–1	Benin home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2012-02-29	0–0	Ethiopia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1993-02-28	1–0	Benin home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-12-20	1–3	Ethiopia home	FIFA World Cup qualification