Head to head

Cape Verde vs Ethiopia

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

69% / 19% / 12%

Cape Verde win / draw / Ethiopia win

Cape Verde–Ethiopia

2–0 12.6%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
3–0 8.9%

Neutral venue

61% / 22% / 17%

Cape Verde win / draw / Ethiopia win

Cape Verde–Ethiopia

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

Ethiopia at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Cape Verde win / draw / Ethiopia win

Cape Verde–Ethiopia

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.5%
0–1 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	Ethiopia
Current Elo	1699	1393
Elo rank	65th	148th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1641 (1968)
Matches played	239	409
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	144W 93D 172L
Goals for	262	549
Goals against	270	595
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	10–2 vs Djibouti · 1954-05-01 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–13 vs Iraq · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.09	1.67

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 1W 0D 0L

Goals

1–0

Cape Verde first

First meeting

1–0

Cape Verde won · 2022-01-09 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

1–0

Cape Verde won · 2022-01-09 · African Cup of Nations

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-01-09	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations