Head to head

Lesotho vs Zambia

If they played today

Lesotho at home

34% / 26% / 39%

Lesotho win / draw / Zambia win

Lesotho–Zambia

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.8%

Neutral venue

27% / 25% / 47%

Lesotho win / draw / Zambia win

Lesotho–Zambia

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.6%

Zambia at home

21% / 23% / 56%

Lesotho win / draw / Zambia win

Lesotho–Zambia

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 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

	Lesotho	Zambia
Current Elo	1419	1551
Elo rank	143rd	94th
Peak Elo	1509 (1970)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	296	793
All-time record	54W 94D 148L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	230	1234
Goals against	466	851
Biggest win	5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.00	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Lesotho 1W 5D 9L

Goals

10–29

Lesotho first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1972-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–1

Zambia won · 2023-07-16 · COSAFA Cup

Lesotho's biggest win

2–1

2021-07-08 · COSAFA Cup

Zambia's biggest win

6–1

1972-06-04 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–2

Lesotho first · 3 times, last 2023-03-26

Current run

Won last 3

Zambia · since 2023-03-23

15 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-07-16	0–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2023-03-26	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2023-03-23	1–3	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2021-07-08	2–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2016-06-21	2–3	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2013-06-08	0–4	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2013-03-24	1–1	Lesotho home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-06-24	1–2	Lesotho home	COSAFA Cup
2000-06-11	0–0	Lesotho home	COSAFA Cup
2000-03-01	0–2	Zambia home	Friendly
1997-03-02	0–2	Lesotho home	COSAFA Cup qualification
1972-10-08	1–1	Lesotho home	Friendly
1972-10-04	1–1	Lesotho home	Friendly
1972-06-04	1–6	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1972-04-30	0–0	Lesotho home	FIFA World Cup qualification