Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Zambia

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Zambia win

Burkina Faso–Zambia

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

Neutral venue

45% / 26% / 29%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Zambia win

Burkina Faso–Zambia

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

Zambia at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Zambia win

Burkina Faso–Zambia

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

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	Zambia
Current Elo	1653	1551
Elo rank	78th	94th
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	464	793
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	580	1234
Goals against	617	851
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.40	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Burkina Faso 0W 2D 2L

Goals

2–8

Burkina Faso first

First meeting

0–2

Zambia won · 1978-03-08 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2013-01-29 · African Cup of Nations

Burkina Faso's biggest win

—

Never beaten Zambia

Zambia's biggest win

5–1

1996-01-20 · African Cup of Nations

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Zambia · since 1978-03-08

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-01-29	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2000-01-29	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1996-01-20	1–5	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1978-03-08	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations