Head to head

Congo vs Mali

If they played today

Congo at home

18% / 22% / 59%

Congo win / draw / Mali win

Congo–Mali

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

Neutral venue

13% / 20% / 67%

Congo win / draw / Mali win

Congo–Mali

0–2 12.2%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
0–3 8.4%

Mali at home

9% / 17% / 74%

Congo win / draw / Mali win

Congo–Mali

0–2 13.8%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–1 8.1%

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

	Congo	Mali
Current Elo	1330	1709
Elo rank	164th	60th
Peak Elo	1658 (1972)	1773 (2024)
Matches played	406	569
All-time record	134W 99D 173L	232W 151D 186L
Goals for	523	746
Goals against	598	626
Biggest win	11–0 vs Chad · 1964-03-28 · Friendly	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Madagascar · 1960-04-18 · African Friendship Games	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	1	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.37	0.67

When they've met

Meetings

Congo 4W 6D 8L

Goals

15–26

Congo first

First meeting

1–0

Congo won · 1964-08-15 · Friendly

Most recent

0–2

Mali won · 2023-06-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Congo's biggest win

3–2

1972-03-05 · African Cup of Nations

Mali's biggest win

4–0

2022-06-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

1–0

Congo first · 3 times, last 2008-09-07

Current run

Won last 2

Mali · since 2022-06-04

18 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-06-18	0–2	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2022-06-04	0–4	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2008-09-07	1–0	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-01	2–4	Mali home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2006-11-14	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2005-09-03	0–2	Mali home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-07-04	1–0	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1999-06-06	1–3	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1999-01-24	0–0	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1974-06-26	1–1	Mali home	Friendly
1974-02-17	2–2	Congo home	Friendly
1972-03-05	3–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1967-12-03	1–1	Mali home	Friendly
1967-02-03	0–1	Mali home	Friendly
1965-07-25	0–0	Congo home	All-African Games
1965-07-21	1–2	Congo home	All-African Games
1965-05-03	1–1	Mali home	Friendly
1964-08-15	1–0	Congo home	Friendly