Head to head

Cape Verde vs Zambia

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Cape Verde win / draw / Zambia win

Cape Verde–Zambia

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

49% / 25% / 26%

Cape Verde win / draw / Zambia win

Cape Verde–Zambia

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Zambia at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Cape Verde win / draw / Zambia win

Cape Verde–Zambia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 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 Verde	Zambia
Current Elo	1699	1551
Elo rank	65th	94th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	239	793
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	262	1234
Goals against	270	851
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.09	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 1W 1D 1L

Goals

2–2

Cape Verde first

First meeting

2–1

Cape Verde won · 2014-09-10 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2015-01-26 · African Cup of Nations

Cape Verde's biggest win

2–1

2014-09-10 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Zambia's biggest win

1–0

2014-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Zambia · since 2014-11-19

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-01-26	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2014-11-19	0–1	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2014-09-10	2–1	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification