Head to head

Mauritania vs Somalia

If they played today

Mauritania at home

74% / 17% / 9%

Mauritania win / draw / Somalia win

Mauritania–Somalia

2–0 13.8%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.5%
2–1 9.1%
1–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

67% / 20% / 13%

Mauritania win / draw / Somalia win

Mauritania–Somalia

2–0 12.3%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
3–0 8.5%

Somalia at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Mauritania win / draw / Somalia win

Mauritania–Somalia

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

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

	Mauritania	Somalia
Current Elo	1445	1061
Elo rank	130th	196th
Peak Elo	1530 (2023)	1475 (1963)
Matches played	273	124
All-time record	52W 71D 150L	11W 15D 98L
Goals for	198	62
Goals against	434	330
Biggest win	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification	3–2 vs Djibouti · 2008-12-23 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games	0–14 vs North Korea · 1963-11-11 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.02	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Mauritania 1W 0D 0L

Goals

8–2

Mauritania first

First meeting

8–2

Mauritania won · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification

Most recent

8–2

Mauritania won · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2006-12-27	8–2	Neutral	Arab Cup qualification