Head to head

Cape Verde vs Mali

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Cape Verde win / draw / Mali win

Cape Verde–Mali

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

36% / 26% / 38%

Cape Verde win / draw / Mali win

Cape Verde–Mali

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

Mali at home

29% / 25% / 46%

Cape Verde win / draw / Mali win

Cape Verde–Mali

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

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	Mali
Current Elo	1699	1709
Elo rank	65th	60th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1773 (2024)
Matches played	239	569
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	232W 151D 186L
Goals for	262	746
Goals against	270	626
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · 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	0.67

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 4W 2D 6L

Goals

7–15

Cape Verde first

First meeting

0–2

Mali won · 1981-02-09 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most recent

0–3

Mali won · 2011-09-03 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Cape Verde's biggest win

1–0

2010-09-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Mali's biggest win

3–0

2011-09-03 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

1–0

Cape Verde first · 4 times, last 2010-09-04

Current run

Won the last meeting

Mali · since 2011-09-03

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2011-09-03	0–3	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2010-09-04	1–0	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-08-16	0–0	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-08-02	0–3	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1995-11-17	1–0	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1989-05-25	1–1	Mali home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1988-04-29	1–3	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1985-02-21	0–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1983-07-22	1–0	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1982-02-19	1–2	Cape Verde home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1982-02-13	1–0	Cape Verde home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1981-02-09	0–2	Mali home	Amílcar Cabral Cup