Head to head

DR Congo vs Ghana

If they played today

DR Congo at home

55% / 23% / 21%

DR Congo win / draw / Ghana win

DR Congo–Ghana

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

Neutral venue

47% / 25% / 28%

DR Congo win / draw / Ghana win

DR Congo–Ghana

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 7.7%

Ghana at home

39% / 26% / 35%

DR Congo win / draw / Ghana win

DR Congo–Ghana

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.9%

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

	DR Congo	Ghana
Current Elo	1810	1682
Elo rank	38th	69th
Peak Elo	1819 (2026)	1885 (2008)
Matches played	528	675
All-time record	207W 145D 176L	312W 176D 187L
Goals for	784	1054
Goals against	632	703
Biggest win	10–1 vs Zambia · 1969-11-22 · Friendly	12–0 vs Malawi · 1962-10-15 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Serbia · 1974-06-18 · FIFA World Cup	2–8 vs Brazil · 1996-03-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	2	4
Expected African Cup of Nations	1.60	3.36

When they've met

Meetings

DR Congo 4W 5D 12L

Goals

20–37

DR Congo first

First meeting

1–4

Ghana won · 1965-04-14 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Ghana won · 2017-01-29 · African Cup of Nations

DR Congo's biggest win

4–1

1973-08-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Ghana's biggest win

5–2

1965-11-12 · African Cup of Nations

Most common result

1–2

DR Congo first · 3 times, last 2017-01-29

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Ghana · since 2001-03-25

21 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2017-01-29	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2013-01-20	2–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2005-03-27	1–1	DR Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-10-10	0–0	Ghana home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-03-25	0–3	Ghana home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2001-01-14	2–1	DR Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-02-16	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1996-01-28	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1981-08-02	1–2	DR Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1981-07-22	2–2	Ghana home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1973-08-19	4–1	DR Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1973-08-05	0–1	Ghana home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1971-01-10	1–1	Ghana home	Friendly
1970-02-07	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1968-01-21	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1968-01-14	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1967-09-01	0–2	DR Congo home	Friendly
1967-05-24	0–2	Ghana home	Friendly
1966-06-30	0–3	Neutral	Friendly
1965-11-12	2–5	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1965-04-14	1–4	Ghana home	Friendly