Head to head

Cape Verde vs Senegal

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

31% / 26% / 43%

Cape Verde win / draw / Senegal win

Cape Verde–Senegal

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

24% / 24% / 52%

Cape Verde win / draw / Senegal win

Cape Verde–Senegal

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 7.0%

Senegal at home

18% / 22% / 59%

Cape Verde win / draw / Senegal win

Cape Verde–Senegal

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.6%

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	Senegal
Current Elo	1699	1881
Elo rank	65th	27th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1953 (2026)
Matches played	239	642
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	299W 169D 174L
Goals for	262	892
Goals against	270	608
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–0 vs Kenya · 2025-11-18 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–5 vs Guinea · 1966-03-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.04
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.09	1.85

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 2W 2D 16L

Goals

8–32

Cape Verde first

First meeting

0–1

Senegal won · 1979-01-09 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most recent

0–2

Senegal won · 2022-01-25 · African Cup of Nations

Cape Verde's biggest win

2–1

1989-05-30 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Senegal's biggest win

5–1

1981-02-12 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most common result

0–1

Cape Verde first · 7 times, last 2010-08-11

Current run

Won last 7

Senegal · since 2003-05-31

20 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-01-25	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2021-06-08	0–2	Senegal home	Friendly
2017-10-07	0–2	Cape Verde home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-10-08	0–2	Senegal home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2010-08-11	0–1	Senegal home	Friendly
2004-06-13	1–3	Cape Verde home	Friendly
2003-05-31	1–2	Senegal home	Friendly
2000-05-14	1–0	Cape Verde home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
2000-05-08	2–2	Cape Verde home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1998-07-22	0–1	Senegal home	Friendly
1997-11-30	0–2	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1991-12-02	0–1	Senegal home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1991-11-27	0–0	Senegal home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1989-05-30	2–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1988-11-17	0–1	Cape Verde home	Friendly
1987-02-25	0–2	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1985-02-19	0–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1981-02-12	1–5	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1981-02-03	0–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1979-01-09	0–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup