Head to head

Mali vs Niger

If they played today

Mali at home

62% / 22% / 17%

Mali win / draw / Niger win

Mali–Niger

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Mali win / draw / Niger win

Mali–Niger

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.5%
0–1 6.6%

Niger at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Mali win / draw / Niger win

Mali–Niger

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

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

	Mali	Niger
Current Elo	1709	1500
Elo rank	60th	110th
Peak Elo	1773 (2024)	1532 (2025)
Matches played	569	260
All-time record	232W 151D 186L	61W 62D 137L
Goals for	746	256
Goals against	626	423
Biggest win	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly	1–9 vs Ghana · 1969-09-21 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.67	0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Mali 6W 4D 1L

Goals

15–8

Mali first

First meeting

1–0

Mali won · 1970-12-12 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–0

Mali won · 2013-01-20 · African Cup of Nations

Mali's biggest win

3–1

1970-12-27 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Niger's biggest win

1–0

1987-01-25 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

Mali first · 4 times, last 2013-01-20

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Mali · since 1988-07-27

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-01-20	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2002-12-29	2–2	Niger home	Friendly
1992-11-15	1–0	Niger home	Friendly
1992-10-18	2–0	Niger home	Friendly
1988-07-27	1–0	Neutral	Tournament Burkina Faso
1987-01-25	0–1	Niger home	Friendly
1983-11-14	1–1	Niger home	Friendly
1983-11-13	1–1	Niger home	Friendly
1982-02-06	2–2	Mali home	Friendly
1970-12-27	3–1	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1970-12-12	1–0	Niger home	African Cup of Nations qualification