Head to head

Botswana vs Mauritania

If they played today

Botswana at home

40% / 26% / 34%

Botswana win / draw / Mauritania win

Botswana–Mauritania

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Botswana win / draw / Mauritania win

Botswana–Mauritania

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Mauritania at home

26% / 25% / 50%

Botswana win / draw / Mauritania win

Botswana–Mauritania

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

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	Mauritania
Current Elo	1388	1445
Elo rank	149th	130th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1530 (2023)
Matches played	332	273
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	52W 71D 150L
Goals for	268	198
Goals against	426	434
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.02	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 1W 1D 3L

Goals

4–6

Botswana first

First meeting

2–1

Botswana won · 2007-06-16 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2024-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Botswana's biggest win

2–1

2007-06-16 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Mauritania's biggest win

2–1

2018-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–1

Botswana first · twice, last 2024-09-07

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Mauritania · since 2017-06-10

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-15	1–1	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-09-07	0–1	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2018-11-18	1–2	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2017-06-10	0–1	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2007-06-16	2–1	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification