Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Cape Verde

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Cape Verde win

Burkina Faso–Cape Verde

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

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Cape Verde win

Burkina Faso–Cape Verde

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.7%

Cape Verde at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Cape Verde win

Burkina Faso–Cape Verde

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.5%
1–0 7.4%

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

	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde
Current Elo	1653	1699
Elo rank	78th	64th
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	1702 (2026)
Matches played	464	239
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	89W 59D 91L
Goals for	580	262
Goals against	617	270
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	<0.01
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.40	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Burkina Faso 4W 0D 5L

Goals

11–8

Burkina Faso first

First meeting

0–1

Cape Verde won · 2004-10-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–3

Cape Verde won · 2023-06-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Burkina Faso's biggest win

4–0

2017-11-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Cape Verde's biggest win

3–1

2023-06-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–1

Burkina Faso first · 3 times, last 2011-02-09

Current run

Won the last meeting

Cape Verde · since 2023-06-18

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-06-18	1–3	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2022-06-03	2–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2022-01-13	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2017-11-14	4–0	Burkina Faso home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-11-12	2–0	Cape Verde home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2011-02-09	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2008-05-24	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2005-03-26	1–2	Burkina Faso home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-10-09	0–1	Cape Verde home	FIFA World Cup qualification