Head to head

Gambia vs Mali

If they played today

Gambia at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Gambia win / draw / Mali win

Gambia–Mali

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.6%
2–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

25% / 25% / 50%

Gambia win / draw / Mali win

Gambia–Mali

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

Mali at home

19% / 23% / 58%

Gambia win / draw / Mali win

Gambia–Mali

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.4%

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

	Gambia	Mali
Current Elo	1540	1709
Elo rank	99th	60th
Peak Elo	1570 (2022)	1773 (2024)
Matches played	266	569
All-time record	73W 75D 118L	232W 151D 186L
Goals for	279	746
Goals against	370	626
Biggest win	7–0 vs Seychelles · 2025-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Ghana · 1978-01-17 · Friendly	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.01	0.67

When they've met

Meetings

Gambia 7W 3D 8L

Goals

15–22

Gambia first

First meeting

0–3

Mali won · 1976-01-15 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Gambia won · 2023-03-28 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Gambia's biggest win

2–0

1993-12-05 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Mali's biggest win

4–1

1981-02-06 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most common result

1–0

Gambia first · 5 times, last 2023-03-28

Current run

Won the last meeting

Gambia · since 2023-03-28

18 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-03-28	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2023-03-24	0–2	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2022-01-16	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2001-11-09	1–0	Mali home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1997-12-05	1–2	Gambia home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1995-11-19	0–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1993-12-05	2–0	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1991-11-23	1–0	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1988-03-13	2–1	Gambia home	Friendly
1985-02-19	1–0	Gambia home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1984-02-18	0–2	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1983-07-03	1–1	Gambia home	Friendly
1982-11-28	1–0	Gambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1982-11-14	1–3	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1982-02-15	1–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1981-02-06	1–4	Mali home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1979-01-10	0–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1976-01-15	0–3	Gambia home	Friendly