Head to head

Mauritania vs Zambia

If they played today

Mauritania at home

36% / 26% / 37%

Mauritania win / draw / Zambia win

Mauritania–Zambia

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

Neutral venue

29% / 26% / 45%

Mauritania win / draw / Zambia win

Mauritania–Zambia

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

Zambia at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Mauritania win / draw / Zambia win

Mauritania–Zambia

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.6%

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

	Mauritania	Zambia
Current Elo	1445	1551
Elo rank	132nd	94th
Peak Elo	1530 (2023)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	273	793
All-time record	52W 71D 150L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	198	1234
Goals against	434	851
Biggest win	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.02	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Mauritania 0W 0D 2L

Goals

1–6

Mauritania first

First meeting

1–2

Zambia won · 2021-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–4

Zambia won · 2021-11-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Mauritania's biggest win

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Never beaten Zambia

Zambia's biggest win

4–0

2021-11-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Won last 2

Zambia · since 2021-09-03

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-11-13	0–4	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-09-03	1–2	Mauritania home	FIFA World Cup qualification