Head to head

Cape Verde vs Ghana

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

46% / 25% / 28%

Cape Verde win / draw / Ghana win

Cape Verde–Ghana

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

38% / 26% / 36%

Cape Verde win / draw / Ghana win

Cape Verde–Ghana

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.0%

Ghana at home

31% / 26% / 44%

Cape Verde win / draw / Ghana win

Cape Verde–Ghana

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 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	Ghana
Current Elo	1699	1682
Elo rank	64th	69th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1885 (2008)
Matches played	239	675
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	312W 176D 187L
Goals for	262	1054
Goals against	270	703
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	12–0 vs Malawi · 1962-10-15 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	2–8 vs Brazil · 1996-03-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	0	4
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.09	3.36

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 1W 0D 4L

Goals

2–10

Cape Verde first

First meeting

0–2

Ghana won · 2004-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

2–1

Cape Verde won · 2024-01-14 · African Cup of Nations

Cape Verde's biggest win

2–1

2024-01-14 · African Cup of Nations

Ghana's biggest win

4–0

2005-10-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–2

Cape Verde first · twice, last 2013-02-02

Current run

Won the last meeting

Cape Verde · since 2024-01-14

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-01-14	2–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2013-02-02	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2012-11-14	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2005-10-08	0–4	Cape Verde home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-09-05	0–2	Ghana home	FIFA World Cup qualification