Head to head

Cape Verde vs Mauritania

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

65% / 21% / 15%

Cape Verde win / draw / Mauritania win

Cape Verde–Mauritania

2–0 11.8%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
3–0 7.9%

Neutral venue

57% / 23% / 20%

Cape Verde win / draw / Mauritania win

Cape Verde–Mauritania

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

Mauritania at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Cape Verde win / draw / Mauritania win

Cape Verde–Mauritania

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

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	Mauritania
Current Elo	1699	1445
Elo rank	65th	130th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1530 (2023)
Matches played	239	273
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	52W 71D 150L
Goals for	262	198
Goals against	270	434
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games
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	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 6W 2D 3L

Goals

16–10

Cape Verde first

First meeting

1–2

Mauritania won · 1982-02-15 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most recent

0–1

Mauritania won · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Cape Verde's biggest win

3–0

2003-06-21 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Mauritania's biggest win

2–0

1983-07-20 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most common result

2–0

Cape Verde first · twice, last 2024-09-10

Current run

Won the last meeting

Mauritania · since 2024-11-19

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-19	0–1	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-09-10	2–0	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-01-29	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2003-06-21	3–0	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2002-09-06	2–0	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2001-04-07	1–0	Mauritania home	Friendly
1997-12-02	2–2	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1995-11-19	1–1	Mauritania home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1988-05-01	3–2	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1983-07-20	0–2	Mauritania home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1982-02-15	1–2	Cape Verde home	Amílcar Cabral Cup