Head to head

Botswana vs Nicaragua

If they played today

Botswana at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Botswana win / draw / Nicaragua win

Botswana–Nicaragua

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 26% / 45%

Botswana win / draw / Nicaragua win

Botswana–Nicaragua

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.9%

Nicaragua at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Botswana win / draw / Nicaragua win

Botswana–Nicaragua

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

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	Nicaragua
Current Elo	1388	1491
Elo rank	149th	115th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1539 (2024)
Matches played	332	222
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	51W 27D 144L
Goals for	268	234
Goals against	426	534
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Botswana and Nicaragua have never played each other.