Head to head

Botswana vs Madagascar

If they played today

Botswana at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Botswana win / draw / Madagascar win

Botswana–Madagascar

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

28% / 25% / 47%

Botswana win / draw / Madagascar win

Botswana–Madagascar

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.8%

Madagascar at home

22% / 24% / 55%

Botswana win / draw / Madagascar win

Botswana–Madagascar

1–1 11.2%
0–1 11.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.8%
1–0 6.4%

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	Madagascar
Current Elo	1388	1511
Elo rank	149th	108th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1645 (1993)
Matches played	332	320
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	118W 73D 129L
Goals for	268	434
Goals against	426	484
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	8–1 vs Congo · 1960-04-18 · African Friendship Games
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	0–7 vs DR Congo · 1965-07-19 · All-African Games
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.02	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 2W 1D 3L

Goals

4–5

Botswana first

First meeting

1–0

Botswana won · 2000-07-01 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–2

Madagascar won · 2015-05-30 · COSAFA Cup

Botswana's biggest win

2–0

2006-05-20 · COSAFA Cup

Madagascar's biggest win

2–0

2000-07-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Madagascar · since 2008-05-31

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-05-30	1–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2008-09-07	0–1	Madagascar home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-05-31	0–0	Botswana home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2006-05-20	2–0	Botswana home	COSAFA Cup
2000-07-15	0–2	Madagascar home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2000-07-01	1–0	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification