Head to head

Cape Verde vs DR Congo

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Cape Verde win / draw / DR Congo win

Cape Verde–DR Congo

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

Cape Verde win / draw / DR Congo win

Cape Verde–DR Congo

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

DR Congo at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Cape Verde win / draw / DR Congo win

Cape Verde–DR Congo

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.6%

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

	Cape Verde	DR Congo
Current Elo	1699	1810
Elo rank	65th	38th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1819 (2026)
Matches played	239	528
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	207W 145D 176L
Goals for	262	784
Goals against	270	632
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	10–1 vs Zambia · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–9 vs Serbia · 1974-06-18 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.05
African Cup of Nations won	0	2
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.09	1.60

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 0W 2D 1L

Goals

2–3

Cape Verde first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2004-07-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2015-01-22 · African Cup of Nations

Cape Verde's biggest win

—

Never beaten DR Congo

DR Congo's biggest win

2–1

2005-09-04 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

DR Congo · since 2004-07-03

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-01-22	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2005-09-04	1–2	DR Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-07-03	1–1	Cape Verde home	FIFA World Cup qualification