Head to head

Cape Verde vs Gambia

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

58% / 23% / 20%

Cape Verde win / draw / Gambia win

Cape Verde–Gambia

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

50% / 25% / 26%

Cape Verde win / draw / Gambia win

Cape Verde–Gambia

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.7%
0–1 7.3%

Gambia at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Cape Verde win / draw / Gambia win

Cape Verde–Gambia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 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

	Cape Verde	Gambia
Current Elo	1699	1540
Elo rank	65th	99th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1570 (2022)
Matches played	239	266
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	73W 75D 118L
Goals for	262	279
Goals against	270	370
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–0 vs Seychelles · 2025-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	1–7 vs Ghana · 1978-01-17 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.09	0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 2W 4D 4L

Goals

9–13

Cape Verde first

First meeting

2–3

Gambia won · 1959-12-20 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2007-12-03 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Cape Verde's biggest win

2–0

1982-02-11 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Gambia's biggest win

3–1

1997-11-28 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most common result

0–0

Cape Verde first · twice, last 2007-12-03

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Gambia · since 1997-11-28

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2007-12-03	0–0	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
2007-06-16	0–0	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2006-09-03	0–2	Gambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2001-11-07	1–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
2000-05-04	1–1	Cape Verde home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1997-11-28	1–3	Gambia home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1985-02-11	2–1	Gambia home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1984-02-12	0–2	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1982-02-11	2–0	Cape Verde home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1959-12-20	2–3	Gambia home	Friendly