Head to head

China vs Mali

If they played today

China at home

33% / 26% / 41%

China win / draw / Mali win

China–Mali

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

China win / draw / Mali win

China–Mali

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

Mali at home

20% / 23% / 57%

China win / draw / Mali win

China–Mali

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

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

	China	Mali
Current Elo	1553	1709
Elo rank	93rd	60th
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1773 (2024)
Matches played	702	569
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	232W 151D 186L
Goals for	1285	746
Goals against	768	626
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

China 2W 0D 1L

Goals

8–4

China first

First meeting

3–1

China won · 1963-11-12 · Friendly

Most recent

1–3

Mali won · 2014-06-29 · Friendly

China's biggest win

4–0

1966-08-28 · Friendly

Mali's biggest win

3–1

2014-06-29 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Mali · since 2014-06-29

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-06-29	1–3	China home	Friendly
1966-08-28	4–0	China home	Friendly
1963-11-12	3–1	Neutral	Friendly