Head to head

Mali vs North Korea

If they played today

Mali at home

62% / 21% / 17%

Mali win / draw / North Korea win

Mali–North Korea

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.2%
1–1 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.2%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 22%

Mali win / draw / North Korea win

Mali–North Korea

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.5%

North Korea at home

46% / 25% / 28%

Mali win / draw / North Korea win

Mali–North Korea

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.9%

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	North Korea
Current Elo	1709	1494
Elo rank	60th	114th
Peak Elo	1773 (2024)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	569	390
All-time record	232W 151D 186L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	746	628
Goals against	626	435
Biggest win	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.03

When they've met

Meetings

Mali 0W 0D 1L

Goals

0–1

Mali first

First meeting

0–1

North Korea won · 2009-12-27 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

North Korea won · 2009-12-27 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-12-27	0–1	Neutral	Friendly