Head to head

Cape Verde vs Portugal

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Cape Verde win / draw / Portugal win

Cape Verde–Portugal

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 65%

Cape Verde win / draw / Portugal win

Cape Verde–Portugal

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

Portugal at home

10% / 18% / 72%

Cape Verde win / draw / Portugal win

Cape Verde–Portugal

0–2 13.3%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.8%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

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	Portugal
Current Elo	1699	2051
Elo rank	65th	7th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	2095 (2022)
Matches played	239	700
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	351W 161D 188L
Goals for	262	1235
Goals against	270	781
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	9–0 vs Luxembourg · 2023-09-11 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–10 vs England · 1947-05-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.36

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 1W 1D 1L

Goals

3–4

Cape Verde first

First meeting

1–4

Portugal won · 2006-05-27 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Cape Verde won · 2015-03-31 · Friendly

Cape Verde's biggest win

2–0

2015-03-31 · Friendly

Portugal's biggest win

4–1

2006-05-27 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Cape Verde · since 2010-05-24

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-03-31	2–0	Portugal home	Friendly
2010-05-24	0–0	Portugal home	Friendly
2006-05-27	1–4	Portugal home	Friendly