Head to head

Egypt vs Zambia

If they played today

Egypt at home

69% / 19% / 12%

Egypt win / draw / Zambia win

Egypt–Zambia

2–0 12.7%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.0%
3–0 9.0%

Neutral venue

62% / 22% / 17%

Egypt win / draw / Zambia win

Egypt–Zambia

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Zambia at home

54% / 24% / 22%

Egypt win / draw / Zambia win

Egypt–Zambia

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.5%
0–1 6.6%

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

	Egypt	Zambia
Current Elo	1860	1551
Elo rank	28th	94th
Peak Elo	1934 (2010)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	761	793
All-time record	380W 188D 193L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	1233	1234
Goals against	773	851
Biggest win	15–0 vs Laos · 1963-11-15 · Friendly	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	3–11 vs Italy · 1928-06-09 · Olympic Games	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	7	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	3.88	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Egypt 13W 4D 4L

Goals

35–20

Egypt first

First meeting

3–1

Egypt won · 1974-03-04 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

1–0

Egypt won · 2023-10-12 · Friendly

Egypt's biggest win

4–0

1998-02-13 · African Cup of Nations

Zambia's biggest win

4–0

1994-08-27 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

Egypt first · 3 times, last 2023-10-12

Current run

Unbeaten in 10

Egypt · since 1998-02-13

21 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-10-12	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2015-10-11	3–0	Neutral	Friendly
2013-11-14	2–0	Egypt home	Friendly
2009-10-10	1–0	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-03-29	1–1	Egypt home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-01-30	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2002-01-31	2–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2001-01-09	3–1	Egypt home	Friendly
2000-01-23	2–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1998-02-13	4–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1996-01-27	1–3	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1995-11-26	3–1	Neutral	Simba Tournament
1994-08-27	0–4	Egypt home	Friendly
1992-01-13	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1988-12-20	2–1	Zambia home	Friendly
1985-11-23	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
1982-10-03	0–0	Egypt home	Friendly
1982-10-01	3–5	Egypt home	Friendly
1977-07-31	0–0	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1977-07-15	2–0	Egypt home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1974-03-04	3–1	Egypt home	African Cup of Nations