Head to head

Botswana vs Mali

If they played today

Botswana at home

22% / 24% / 55%

Botswana win / draw / Mali win

Botswana–Mali

1–1 11.2%
0–1 11.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.7%
1–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

16% / 21% / 62%

Botswana win / draw / Mali win

Botswana–Mali

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.3%
1–1 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.3%

Mali at home

12% / 19% / 70%

Botswana win / draw / Mali win

Botswana–Mali

0–2 12.9%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.5%
0–3 9.2%
1–1 8.9%

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	Mali
Current Elo	1388	1709
Elo rank	149th	60th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1773 (2024)
Matches played	332	569
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	232W 151D 186L
Goals for	268	746
Goals against	426	626
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.02	0.67

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 1W 0D 6L

Goals

5–19

Botswana first

First meeting

1–3

Mali won · 1995-01-07 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

0–2

Mali won · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Botswana's biggest win

2–1

2015-11-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Mali's biggest win

4–0

1995-07-16 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Won the last meeting

Mali · since 2015-11-17

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-11-17	0–2	Mali home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-11-14	2–1	Botswana home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2012-10-13	1–4	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2012-09-08	0–3	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2012-02-01	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1995-07-16	0–4	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1995-01-07	1–3	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification