Head to head

Cape Verde vs Zimbabwe

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Cape Verde win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Cape Verde–Zimbabwe

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.3%
1–1 10.1%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

55% / 24% / 22%

Cape Verde win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Cape Verde–Zimbabwe

1–1 11.2%
1–0 11.2%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.8%
0–1 6.4%

Zimbabwe at home

47% / 25% / 28%

Cape Verde win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Cape Verde–Zimbabwe

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.2%
0–1 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	Zimbabwe
Current Elo	1699	1476
Elo rank	65th	119th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1672 (2005)
Matches played	239	496
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	190W 139D 167L
Goals for	262	660
Goals against	270	591
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–0 vs Botswana · 1990-08-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–7 vs South Africa · 1977-04-09 · Friendly
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	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 1W 1D 0L

Goals

2–1

Cape Verde first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2010-10-10 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

2–1

Cape Verde won · 2011-10-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Cape Verde's biggest win

2–1

2011-10-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Zimbabwe's biggest win

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Never beaten Cape Verde

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Cape Verde · since 2010-10-10

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2011-10-08	2–1	Cape Verde home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2010-10-10	0–0	Zimbabwe home	African Cup of Nations qualification