Head to head

Mali vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Mali at home

45% / 26% / 29%

Mali win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Mali–Saudi Arabia

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

Neutral venue

37% / 26% / 37%

Mali win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Mali–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

Saudi Arabia at home

30% / 26% / 45%

Mali win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Mali–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.2%
0–2 7.8%

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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1709	1705
Elo rank	60th	62nd
Peak Elo	1773 (2024)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	569	744
All-time record	232W 151D 186L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	746	1139
Goals against	626	782
Biggest win	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Mali 2W 1D 1L

Goals

8–8

Mali first

First meeting

3–1

Mali won · 1996-11-19 · Friendly

Most recent

3–1

Mali won · 2023-10-17 · Friendly

Mali's biggest win

3–1

2023-10-17 · Friendly

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

5–1

1997-09-25 · Friendly

Most common result

3–1

Mali first · twice, last 2023-10-17

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Mali · since 2019-09-05

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-10-17	3–1	Neutral	Friendly
2019-09-05	1–1	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly
1997-09-25	1–5	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly
1996-11-19	3–1	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly