Head to head

Malawi vs Namibia

If they played today

Malawi at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Malawi win / draw / Namibia win

Malawi–Namibia

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

38% / 26% / 36%

Malawi win / draw / Namibia win

Malawi–Namibia

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.0%

Namibia at home

30% / 26% / 44%

Malawi win / draw / Namibia win

Malawi–Namibia

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.3%
0–2 7.6%

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

	Malawi	Namibia
Current Elo	1438	1424
Elo rank	137th	142nd
Peak Elo	1669 (1985)	1619 (2024)
Matches played	644	279
All-time record	219W 182D 243L	70W 80D 129L
Goals for	753	273
Goals against	832	397
Biggest win	8–1 vs Djibouti · 2008-05-31 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–2 vs Benin · 2000-07-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–12 vs Ghana · 1962-10-15 · Friendly	2–8 vs Egypt · 2001-07-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.08	0.03

When they've met

Meetings

Malawi 5W 3D 9L

Goals

18–23

Malawi first

First meeting

1–4

Namibia won · 1997-06-28 · COSAFA Cup

Most recent

2–1

Malawi won · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Malawi's biggest win

3–1

2008-03-26 · Friendly

Namibia's biggest win

4–1

1997-06-28 · COSAFA Cup

Most common result

0–1

Malawi first · 4 times, last 2025-03-20

Current run

Won the last meeting

Malawi · since 2025-09-05

17 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-09-05	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2025-03-20	0–1	Malawi home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-07-13	1–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2019-05-28	2–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2013-06-05	0–0	Malawi home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2013-03-23	1–0	Namibia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2011-07-06	0–1	Malawi home	Friendly
2011-02-09	2–1	Namibia home	Friendly
2008-07-24	0–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup qualification
2008-03-26	3–1	Namibia home	Friendly
2007-07-06	1–2	Malawi home	Friendly
2006-07-23	2–3	Namibia home	COSAFA Cup
2000-07-06	1–2	Malawi home	Friendly
1999-05-22	1–1	Malawi home	COSAFA Cup qualification
1998-08-15	0–1	Malawi home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-08-01	1–2	Namibia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1997-06-28	1–4	Namibia home	COSAFA Cup