Head to head

Botswana vs Cape Verde

If they played today

Botswana at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Botswana win / draw / Cape Verde win

Botswana–Cape Verde

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

17% / 22% / 62%

Botswana win / draw / Cape Verde win

Botswana–Cape Verde

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.1%

Cape Verde at home

12% / 19% / 69%

Botswana win / draw / Cape Verde win

Botswana–Cape Verde

0–2 12.7%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.0%
0–3 9.0%

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

	Botswana	Cape Verde
Current Elo	1388	1699
Elo rank	149th	65th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1702 (2026)
Matches played	332	239
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	89W 59D 91L
Goals for	268	262
Goals against	426	270
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	<0.01
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.02	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 2W 0D 0L

Goals

2–0

Botswana first

First meeting

1–0

Botswana won · 2024-10-10 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–0

Botswana won · 2024-10-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Botswana's biggest win

1–0

2024-10-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Cape Verde's biggest win

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Never beaten Botswana

Most common result

1–0

Botswana first · twice, last 2024-10-15

Current run

Won last 2

Botswana · since 2024-10-10

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-10-15	1–0	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-10-10	1–0	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification