Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

59% / 22% / 18%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Sierra Leone win

Burkina Faso–Sierra Leone

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

51% / 24% / 24%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Sierra Leone win

Burkina Faso–Sierra Leone

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 7.0%

Sierra Leone at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Sierra Leone win

Burkina Faso–Sierra Leone

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

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	Sierra Leone
Current Elo	1653	1472
Elo rank	78th	122nd
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	1654 (1996)
Matches played	464	301
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	91W 78D 132L
Goals for	580	290
Goals against	617	415
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.40	0.11

When they've met

Meetings

Burkina Faso 1W 1D 1L

Goals

4–4

Burkina Faso first

First meeting

1–2

Sierra Leone won · 1996-01-15 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

1–0

Burkina Faso won · 2025-10-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Burkina Faso's biggest win

1–0

2025-10-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Sierra Leone's biggest win

2–1

1996-01-15 · African Cup of Nations

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Burkina Faso · since 2024-06-10

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-10-08	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-06-10	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-01-15	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations