Head to head

Cape Verde vs Niger

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Cape Verde win / draw / Niger win

Cape Verde–Niger

1–0 11.5%
2–0 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.9%

Neutral venue

53% / 24% / 23%

Cape Verde win / draw / Niger win

Cape Verde–Niger

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

Niger at home

45% / 26% / 30%

Cape Verde win / draw / Niger win

Cape Verde–Niger

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

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	Niger
Current Elo	1699	1500
Elo rank	65th	110th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1532 (2025)
Matches played	239	260
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	61W 62D 137L
Goals for	262	256
Goals against	270	423
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	1–9 vs Ghana · 1969-09-21 · African Cup of Nations qualification
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 0D 0L

Goals

6–2

Cape Verde first

First meeting

3–1

Cape Verde won · 2014-09-06 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

3–1

Cape Verde won · 2014-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Cape Verde's biggest win

3–1

2014-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Niger's biggest win

—

Never beaten Cape Verde

Most common result

3–1

Cape Verde first · twice, last 2014-11-15

Current run

Won last 2

Cape Verde · since 2014-09-06

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-11-15	3–1	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2014-09-06	3–1	Niger home	African Cup of Nations qualification