Head to head

Mali vs Sierra Leone

If they played today

Mali at home

64% / 21% / 15%

Mali win / draw / Sierra Leone win

Mali–Sierra Leone

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.6%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.6%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 21%

Mali win / draw / Sierra Leone win

Mali–Sierra Leone

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Sierra Leone at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Mali win / draw / Sierra Leone win

Mali–Sierra Leone

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 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

	Mali	Sierra Leone
Current Elo	1709	1472
Elo rank	60th	122nd
Peak Elo	1773 (2024)	1654 (1996)
Matches played	569	301
All-time record	232W 151D 186L	91W 78D 132L
Goals for	746	290
Goals against	626	415
Biggest win	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification	5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly	0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · 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	0.11

When they've met

Meetings

Mali 4W 7D 3L

Goals

15–10

Mali first

First meeting

1–0

Mali won · 1960-07-10 · Friendly

Most recent

6–0

Mali won · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Mali's biggest win

6–0

2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Sierra Leone's biggest win

2–0

1993-12-03 · Amílcar Cabral Cup

Most common result

0–0

Mali first · 4 times, last 2006-09-03

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Mali · since 1997-12-03

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2007-06-17	6–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2006-09-03	0–0	Sierra Leone home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1997-12-03	1–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1993-12-03	0–2	Sierra Leone home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1991-11-26	1–1	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1991-07-28	0–2	Sierra Leone home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1991-04-14	0–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1989-06-02	1–0	Mali home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1987-03-01	0–0	Neutral	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1984-02-16	0–0	Sierra Leone home	Amílcar Cabral Cup
1983-10-08	0–1	Sierra Leone home	Friendly
1973-04-28	4–2	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1973-03-31	1–1	Sierra Leone home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1960-07-10	1–0	Mali home	Friendly