Head to head

Cape Verde vs New Zealand

If they played today

Cape Verde at home
46% / 25% / 29%
Cape Verde win / draw / New Zealand win
Cape Verde–New Zealand
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 2–0 8.0%
  • 0–1 8.0%
Neutral venue
38% / 26% / 36%
Cape Verde win / draw / New Zealand win
Cape Verde–New Zealand
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 9.5%
  • 2–1 8.3%
  • 1–2 8.1%
New Zealand at home
30% / 26% / 44%
Cape Verde win / draw / New Zealand win
Cape Verde–New Zealand
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.0%
  • 1–0 8.3%
  • 0–2 7.7%

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 VerdeNew Zealand
Current Elo16991689
Elo rank64th68th
Peak Elo1702 (2026)1825 (2025)
Matches played239419
All-time record89W 59D 91L172W 74D 173L
Goals for262733
Goals against270634
Biggest win7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups<0.010.02

When they've met

Cape Verde and New Zealand have never played each other.