Head to head

DR Congo vs Mali

If they played today

DR Congo at home

53% / 24% / 23%

DR Congo win / draw / Mali win

DR Congo–Mali

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

Neutral venue

45% / 26% / 29%

DR Congo win / draw / Mali win

DR Congo–Mali

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

Mali at home

37% / 26% / 37%

DR Congo win / draw / Mali win

DR Congo–Mali

1–1 12.6%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 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

	DR Congo	Mali
Current Elo	1810	1709
Elo rank	38th	60th
Peak Elo	1819 (2026)	1773 (2024)
Matches played	528	569
All-time record	207W 145D 176L	232W 151D 186L
Goals for	784	746
Goals against	632	626
Biggest win	10–1 vs Zambia · 1969-11-22 · Friendly	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Serbia · 1974-06-18 · FIFA World Cup	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	2	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	1.60	0.67

When they've met

Meetings

DR Congo 2W 3D 3L

Goals

10–14

DR Congo first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1967-08-10 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

DR Congo won · 2025-06-05 · Friendly

DR Congo's biggest win

1–0

2025-06-05 · Friendly

Mali's biggest win

3–0

2004-08-18 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

DR Congo first · twice, last 2025-06-05

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

DR Congo · since 2013-01-28

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-06-05	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2021-06-11	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2013-01-28	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2010-11-17	1–3	Neutral	Friendly
2004-08-18	0–3	Neutral	Friendly
1994-03-28	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1972-03-02	3–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1967-08-10	2–2	DR Congo home	Friendly