Head to head

Mali vs South Sudan

If they played today

Mali at home

77% / 15% / 7%

Mali win / draw / South Sudan win

Mali–South Sudan

2–0 14.6%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.6%
2–1 8.5%
1–1 7.2%

Neutral venue

71% / 18% / 11%

Mali win / draw / South Sudan win

Mali–South Sudan

2–0 13.1%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.5%
2–1 9.4%
1–1 8.6%

South Sudan at home

64% / 21% / 15%

Mali win / draw / South Sudan win

Mali–South Sudan

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.6%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 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	South Sudan
Current Elo	1709	1271
Elo rank	60th	172nd
Peak Elo	1773 (2024)	1501 (2012)
Matches played	569	78
All-time record	232W 151D 186L	12W 16D 50L
Goals for	746	50
Goals against	626	142
Biggest win	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2017-03-28 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly	0–5 vs Senegal · 2025-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.67	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Mali 6W 0D 0L

Goals

18–1

Mali first

First meeting

2–0

Mali won · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

4–0

Mali won · 2023-09-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Mali's biggest win

4–0

2023-09-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

South Sudan's biggest win

—

Never beaten Mali

Most common result

3–0

Mali first · 3 times, last 2019-03-23

Current run

Won last 6

Mali · since 2015-06-13

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-09-08	4–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2022-06-09	3–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2019-03-23	3–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2018-09-09	3–0	South Sudan home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2016-06-04	3–0	South Sudan home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2015-06-13	2–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification