Head to head

Gambia vs Mauritania

If they played today

Gambia at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Gambia win / draw / Mauritania win

Gambia–Mauritania

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

Neutral venue

44% / 26% / 30%

Gambia win / draw / Mauritania win

Gambia–Mauritania

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

Mauritania at home

36% / 26% / 37%

Gambia win / draw / Mauritania win

Gambia–Mauritania

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

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

	Gambia	Mauritania
Current Elo	1540	1445
Elo rank	99th	130th
Peak Elo	1570 (2022)	1530 (2023)
Matches played	266	273
All-time record	73W 75D 118L	52W 71D 150L
Goals for	279	198
Goals against	370	434
Biggest win	7–0 vs Seychelles · 2025-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Ghana · 1978-01-17 · Friendly	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.01	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Gambia 8W 8D 5L

Goals

26–21

Gambia first

First meeting

3–1

Gambia won · 1979-01-08 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most recent

1–0

Gambia won · 2022-01-12 · African Cup of Nations

Gambia's biggest win

4–1

2003-05-31 · Friendly

Mauritania's biggest win

4–2

1993-11-22 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

Gambia first · 6 times, last 2016-03-29

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Gambia · since 2016-03-29

21 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-01-12	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2016-03-29	0–0	Gambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2016-03-25	1–2	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2015-03-27	1–0	Gambia home	Friendly
2013-03-02	0–0	Gambia home	Friendly
2013-02-27	0–2	Gambia home	Friendly
2003-05-31	4–1	Gambia home	Friendly
2000-03-31	0–0	Gambia home	Friendly
2000-03-24	0–0	Gambia home	Friendly
1997-11-30	2–1	Gambia home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1995-11-17	1–2	Mauritania home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1993-11-22	2–4	Gambia home	Friendly
1991-02-17	0–0	Gambia home	Friendly
1990-06-03	2–1	Gambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1990-05-18	0–2	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1986-02-06	3–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1984-07-30	1–1	Mauritania home	Friendly
1984-07-25	0–0	Mauritania home	Friendly
1982-02-13	3–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1980-02-16	2–2	Gambia home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1979-01-08	3–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup