Head to head

Benin vs Ivory Coast

If they played today

Benin at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Benin win / draw / Ivory Coast win

Benin–Ivory Coast

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

17% / 22% / 61%

Benin win / draw / Ivory Coast win

Benin–Ivory Coast

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

Ivory Coast at home

12% / 19% / 68%

Benin win / draw / Ivory Coast win

Benin–Ivory Coast

0–2 12.6%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
0–3 8.8%

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	Ivory Coast
Current Elo	1540	1843
Elo rank	98th	32nd
Peak Elo	1607 (2020)	1974 (2013)
Matches played	325	640
All-time record	84W 79D 162L	327W 162D 151L
Goals for	352	1047
Goals against	561	638
Biggest win	7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games	9–0 vs Seychelles · 2023-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly	0–5 vs Netherlands · 2017-06-04 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.04
African Cup of Nations won	0	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.05	3.20

When they've met

Meetings

Benin 2W 4D 12L

Goals

18–40

Benin first

First meeting

2–3

Ivory Coast won · 1960-04-14 · African Friendship Games

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2024-03-23 · Friendly

Benin's biggest win

2–1

2019-09-06 · Friendly

Ivory Coast's biggest win

6–2

2011-06-05 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–1

Benin first · 3 times, last 2004-10-10

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Benin · since 2017-05-31

18 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-03-23	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
2019-09-06	2–1	Neutral	Friendly
2017-05-31	1–1	Ivory Coast home	Friendly
2011-06-05	2–6	Benin home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2011-03-27	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2008-01-25	1–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2005-03-27	0–3	Ivory Coast home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-10-10	0–1	Benin home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-07-13	0–0	Benin home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1997-01-26	0–1	Ivory Coast home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1991-09-01	0–1	Ivory Coast home	Friendly
1991-08-11	0–3	Benin home	Friendly
1984-11-24	1–2	Neutral	West African Cup
1982-02-17	3–3	Benin home	West African Cup
1979-10-26	1–3	Ivory Coast home	Friendly
1979-04-29	1–4	Ivory Coast home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1979-04-15	1–0	Benin home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1960-04-14	2–3	Neutral	African Friendship Games