Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Mauritania

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Mauritania win

Burkina Faso–Mauritania

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Mauritania win

Burkina Faso–Mauritania

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.5%
0–1 6.6%

Mauritania at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Mauritania win

Burkina Faso–Mauritania

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
0–1 8.0%
2–0 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	Mauritania
Current Elo	1653	1445
Elo rank	78th	132nd
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	1530 (2023)
Matches played	464	273
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	52W 71D 150L
Goals for	580	198
Goals against	617	434
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	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	0.40	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Burkina Faso 6W 3D 1L

Goals

11–5

Burkina Faso first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1976-03-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–0

Burkina Faso won · 2024-01-16 · African Cup of Nations

Burkina Faso's biggest win

2–0

1996-06-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Mauritania's biggest win

2–0

2018-09-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

1–0

Burkina Faso first · twice, last 2024-01-16

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Burkina Faso · since 2019-03-22

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-01-16	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2023-10-17	2–1	Neutral	Friendly
2021-12-30	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
2019-03-22	1–0	Burkina Faso home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2018-09-08	0–2	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1996-06-16	2–0	Burkina Faso home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-05-31	0–0	Mauritania home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1987-05-21	2–1	Burkina Faso home	Friendly
1976-03-28	2–0	Mauritania home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1976-03-13	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification