Head to head

England vs Zambia

If they played today

England at home
88% / 9% / 2%
England win / draw / Zambia win
England–Zambia
  • 2–0 17.6%
  • 3–0 16.4%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 11.4%
  • 5–0 6.4%
Neutral venue
84% / 12% / 4%
England win / draw / Zambia win
England–Zambia
  • 2–0 16.2%
  • 3–0 14.0%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 9.1%
  • 2–1 7.1%
Zambia at home
78% / 15% / 7%
England win / draw / Zambia win
England–Zambia
  • 2–0 14.8%
  • 1–0 12.3%
  • 3–0 11.8%
  • 2–1 8.4%
  • 1–1 7.1%

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

 EnglandZambia
Current Elo21971551
Elo rank3rd94th
Peak Elo2197 (2026)1799 (1994)
Matches played1098793
All-time record631W 259D 208L358W 203D 232L
Goals for24011234
Goals against1053851
Biggest win13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won10
Expected World Cups1.450.00

When they've met

England and Zambia have never played each other.