Head to head

Mali vs Zimbabwe

If they played today

Mali at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Mali win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Mali–Zimbabwe

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

56% / 23% / 21%

Mali win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Mali–Zimbabwe

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Zimbabwe at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Mali win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Mali–Zimbabwe

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.3%
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	Zimbabwe
Current Elo	1709	1476
Elo rank	60th	119th
Peak Elo	1773 (2024)	1672 (2005)
Matches played	569	496
All-time record	232W 151D 186L	190W 139D 167L
Goals for	746	660
Goals against	626	591
Biggest win	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–0 vs Botswana · 1990-08-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · Friendly	0–7 vs South Africa · 1977-04-09 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.67	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Mali 1W 1D 2L

Goals

2–3

Mali first

First meeting

0–1

Zimbabwe won · 2002-09-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–2

Zimbabwe won · 2011-06-05 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Mali's biggest win

1–0

2011-03-26 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Zimbabwe's biggest win

2–1

2011-06-05 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Won the last meeting

Zimbabwe · since 2011-06-05

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2011-06-05	1–2	Zimbabwe home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2011-03-26	1–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2003-06-22	0–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2002-09-08	0–1	Zimbabwe home	African Cup of Nations qualification