Head to head

Ivory Coast vs Zambia

If they played today

Ivory Coast at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Ivory Coast win / draw / Zambia win

Ivory Coast–Zambia

2–0 12.4%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.3%
3–0 8.6%

Neutral venue

60% / 22% / 18%

Ivory Coast win / draw / Zambia win

Ivory Coast–Zambia

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.8%

Zambia at home

52% / 24% / 23%

Ivory Coast win / draw / Zambia win

Ivory Coast–Zambia

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

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

	Ivory Coast	Zambia
Current Elo	1843	1551
Elo rank	32nd	94th
Peak Elo	1974 (2013)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	640	793
All-time record	327W 162D 151L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	1047	1234
Goals against	638	851
Biggest win	9–0 vs Seychelles · 2023-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Netherlands · 2017-06-04 · Friendly	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	3	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	3.20	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Ivory Coast 4W 2D 6L

Goals

11–12

Ivory Coast first

First meeting

0–1

Zambia won · 1974-03-02 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

0–1

Zambia won · 2024-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Ivory Coast's biggest win

4–1

2019-06-19 · Friendly

Zambia's biggest win

3–0

2023-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–1

Ivory Coast first · 4 times, last 2024-11-15

Current run

Won the last meeting

Zambia · since 2024-11-15

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-15	0–1	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-09-06	2–0	Ivory Coast home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2023-06-17	0–3	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2022-06-03	3–1	Ivory Coast home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2019-06-19	4–1	Neutral	Friendly
2014-10-25	1–1	Zambia home	Friendly
2012-02-12	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1994-03-31	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1992-01-20	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1987-06-28	0–2	Zambia home	Friendly
1985-11-21	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
1974-03-02	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations