Head to head

Botswana vs Zambia

If they played today

Botswana at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Botswana win / draw / Zambia win

Botswana–Zambia

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.7%
2–1 7.5%

Neutral venue

25% / 25% / 50%

Botswana win / draw / Zambia win

Botswana–Zambia

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.8%
1–0 7.2%

Zambia at home

19% / 23% / 58%

Botswana win / draw / Zambia win

Botswana–Zambia

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
0–2 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.3%

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	Zambia
Current Elo	1388	1551
Elo rank	149th	94th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	332	793
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	268	1234
Goals against	426	851
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · Friendly	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.02	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 4W 4D 12L

Goals

11–29

Botswana first

First meeting

2–3

Zambia won · 1976-09-30 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2022-07-12 · COSAFA Cup

Botswana's biggest win

2–1

1989-12-01 · Friendly

Zambia's biggest win

6–0

1986-02-15 · Friendly

Most common result

0–1

Botswana first · 4 times, last 2019-06-08

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Zambia · since 2021-07-13

20 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-07-12	1–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2021-07-13	1–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2020-11-16	1–0	Botswana home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2020-11-12	1–2	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2019-06-08	0–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2017-07-01	1–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2007-07-23	0–0	Botswana home	Friendly
2006-08-19	0–1	Zambia home	COSAFA Cup
2006-05-14	0–0	Botswana home	Friendly
2005-02-26	0–0	Botswana home	Friendly
2004-09-30	1–0	Botswana home	Friendly
2002-12-14	1–0	Botswana home	Friendly
2000-04-22	0–1	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-04-08	0–1	Botswana home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-03-25	0–3	Zambia home	COSAFA Cup
1989-12-01	2–1	Botswana home	Friendly
1986-02-16	0–3	Zambia home	Friendly
1986-02-15	0–6	Zambia home	Friendly
1982-02-18	0–2	Zambia home	Friendly
1976-09-30	2–3	Botswana home	Friendly