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Head to head

DR Congo vs Zambia

If they played today

DR Congo at home
65% / 20% / 14%
DR Congo win / draw / Zambia win
DR Congo–Zambia
  • 2–0 11.9%
  • 1–0 11.8%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.7%
  • 3–0 8.0%
Neutral venue
58% / 23% / 20%
DR Congo win / draw / Zambia win
DR Congo–Zambia
  • 1–0 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.8%
  • 2–0 10.3%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.3%
Zambia at home
50% / 25% / 26%
DR Congo win / draw / Zambia win
DR Congo–Zambia
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 1–0 10.8%
  • 2–1 9.5%
  • 2–0 8.7%
  • 0–1 7.3%

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

 DR CongoZambia
Current Elo18101551
Elo rank38th94th
Peak Elo1819 (2026)1799 (1994)
Matches played528793
All-time record207W 145D 176L358W 203D 232L
Goals for7841234
Goals against632851
Biggest win10–1 vs Zambia · 1969-11-22 · Friendly11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–9 vs Serbia · 1974-06-18 · FIFA World Cup1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.050.00
African Cup of Nations won21
Expected African Cup of Nations1.601.21

When they've met

Meetings
30
DR Congo 8W 11D 11L
Goals
47–43
DR Congo first
First meeting
2–3
Zambia won · 1948-05-25 · Friendly
Most recent
1–1
Drawn · 2024-01-17 · African Cup of Nations
DR Congo's biggest win
10–1
1969-11-22 · Friendly
Zambia's biggest win
4–1
2005-12-14 · Friendly
Most common result
2–2
DR Congo first · 5 times, last 2005-09-25
Current run
Unbeaten in 3
DR Congo · since 2015-01-18
30 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2024-01-171–1NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2015-11-063–0NeutralFriendly
2015-01-181–1NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2005-12-141–4Zambia homeFriendly
2005-12-111–1DR Congo homeFriendly
2005-09-270–0DR Congo homeFriendly
2005-09-252–2Zambia homeFriendly
1999-06-200–1DR Congo homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1998-10-041–1Zambia homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1997-08-160–2Zambia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1997-04-092–2NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
1990-08-120–0Zambia homeFriendly
1989-08-131–0DR Congo homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1989-01-222–4Zambia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1986-09-281–0Zambia homeFriendly
1986-09-272–2Zambia homeFriendly
1985-11-190–1DR Congo homeFriendly
1981-06-282–2Zambia homeFriendly
1981-06-261–3Zambia homeFriendly
1979-06-301–2DR Congo homeFriendly
1979-06-241–4Zambia homeFriendly
1974-03-142–0NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1974-03-122–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1973-11-182–1DR Congo homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1973-11-042–0Zambia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1971-10-273–0DR Congo homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1971-10-131–2Zambia homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1969-11-2210–1DR Congo homeFriendly
1950-01-240–1Zambia homeFriendly
1948-05-252–3DR Congo homeFriendly