Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Tanzania

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Tanzania win

Burkina Faso–Tanzania

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.6%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 21%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Tanzania win

Burkina Faso–Tanzania

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Tanzania at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Tanzania win

Burkina Faso–Tanzania

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.6%

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	Tanzania
Current Elo	1653	1418
Elo rank	78th	144th
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	1560 (1982)
Matches played	464	599
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	163W 171D 265L
Goals for	580	660
Goals against	617	892
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	7–0 vs Somalia · 2012-12-01 · CECAFA Cup
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	1–10 vs Egypt · 1973-07-16 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.40	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

Burkina Faso 1W 0D 3L

Goals

5–6

Burkina Faso first

First meeting

2–3

Tanzania won · 1997-03-29 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Burkina Faso won · 2025-01-09 · Mapinduzi Cup

Burkina Faso's biggest win

2–0

2025-01-09 · Mapinduzi Cup

Tanzania's biggest win

3–2

1997-03-29 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Burkina Faso · since 2025-01-09

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-01-09	2–0	Neutral	Mapinduzi Cup
2007-06-16	0–1	Burkina Faso home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2006-09-02	1–2	Tanzania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1997-03-29	2–3	Tanzania home	Friendly