Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Malawi

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

62% / 21% / 17%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Malawi win

Burkina Faso–Malawi

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.2%
1–1 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.2%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Malawi win

Burkina Faso–Malawi

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.5%

Malawi at home

46% / 25% / 28%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Malawi win

Burkina Faso–Malawi

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.9%

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

	Burkina Faso	Malawi
Current Elo	1653	1438
Elo rank	78th	137th
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	1669 (1985)
Matches played	464	644
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	219W 182D 243L
Goals for	580	753
Goals against	617	832
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–1 vs Djibouti · 2008-05-31 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	0–12 vs Ghana · 1962-10-15 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.40	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Burkina Faso 5W 2D 1L

Goals

13–8

Burkina Faso first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2000-06-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–3

Malawi won · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Burkina Faso's biggest win

4–2

2001-04-21 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Malawi's biggest win

3–0

2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

3–1

Burkina Faso first · twice, last 2024-09-10

Current run

Won the last meeting

Malawi · since 2024-11-18

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-18	0–3	Malawi home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-09-10	3–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2020-11-16	0–0	Malawi home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2020-11-12	3–1	Burkina Faso home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2009-11-14	1–0	Burkina Faso home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-06-06	1–0	Malawi home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-04-21	4–2	Burkina Faso home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-06-17	1–1	Malawi home	FIFA World Cup qualification