Head to head

Lesotho vs Zimbabwe

If they played today

Lesotho at home

40% / 26% / 34%

Lesotho win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Lesotho–Zimbabwe

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Lesotho win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Lesotho–Zimbabwe

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Zimbabwe at home

26% / 25% / 50%

Lesotho win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Lesotho–Zimbabwe

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

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	Zimbabwe
Current Elo	1419	1476
Elo rank	143rd	119th
Peak Elo	1509 (1970)	1672 (2005)
Matches played	296	496
All-time record	54W 94D 148L	190W 139D 167L
Goals for	230	660
Goals against	466	591
Biggest win	5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly	7–0 vs Botswana · 1990-08-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification	0–7 vs South Africa · 1977-04-09 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.00	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Lesotho 3W 5D 11L

Goals

22–40

Lesotho first

First meeting

2–5

Zimbabwe won · 1981-09-06 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Lesotho won · 2025-10-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Lesotho's biggest win

2–0

2024-06-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Zimbabwe's biggest win

5–2

1981-09-06 · Friendly

Most common result

2–2

Lesotho first · twice, last 2019-06-07

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Lesotho · since 2018-06-06

19 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-10-13	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-06-07	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-06-07	2–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2018-06-06	0–0	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2017-07-05	3–4	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2013-07-17	1–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2012-07-17	3–5	Neutral	Friendly
2009-10-19	2–2	Zimbabwe home	COSAFA Cup
2009-08-12	1–1	Zimbabwe home	Friendly
2007-05-25	1–1	Zimbabwe home	Friendly
2002-08-30	0–2	Zimbabwe home	Friendly
2001-03-24	0–1	Lesotho home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2001-01-14	2–1	Zimbabwe home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2000-08-27	0–3	Zimbabwe home	COSAFA Cup
2000-08-13	0–3	Lesotho home	COSAFA Cup
2000-03-05	1–2	Zimbabwe home	COSAFA Cup
1998-01-18	0–2	Lesotho home	COSAFA Cup qualification
1990-03-07	1–4	Neutral	Friendly
1981-09-06	2–5	Neutral	Friendly