Head to head

Ethiopia vs Sierra Leone

If they played today

Ethiopia at home
38% / 26% / 35%
Ethiopia win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Ethiopia–Sierra Leone
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 9.3%
  • 2–1 8.4%
  • 1–2 8.0%
Neutral venue
31% / 26% / 43%
Ethiopia win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Ethiopia–Sierra Leone
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 0–1 10.3%
  • 1–2 8.9%
  • 1–0 8.4%
  • 0–2 7.5%
Sierra Leone at home
24% / 24% / 51%
Ethiopia win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Ethiopia–Sierra Leone
  • 1–1 11.6%
  • 0–1 10.9%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 0–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 7.0%

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

 EthiopiaSierra Leone
Current Elo13931472
Elo rank148th122nd
Peak Elo1641 (1968)1654 (1996)
Matches played409301
All-time record144W 93D 172L91W 78D 132L
Goals for549290
Goals against595415
Biggest win10–2 vs Djibouti · 1954-05-01 · Friendly5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–13 vs Iraq · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won10
Expected African Cup of Nations1.670.11

When they've met

Meetings
3
Ethiopia 0W 2D 1L
Goals
0–2
Ethiopia first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 2021-08-26 · Friendly
Most recent
0–2
Sierra Leone won · 2025-09-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Ethiopia's biggest win
Never beaten Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's biggest win
2–0
2025-09-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most common result
0–0
Ethiopia first · twice, last 2023-11-15
Current run
Unbeaten in 3
Sierra Leone · since 2021-08-26
3 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2025-09-090–2NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
2023-11-150–0NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
2021-08-260–0Ethiopia homeFriendly