Head to head

Namibia vs Zambia

If they played today

Namibia at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Namibia win / draw / Zambia win

Namibia–Zambia

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.2%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

28% / 25% / 47%

Namibia win / draw / Zambia win

Namibia–Zambia

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.7%

Zambia at home

21% / 23% / 55%

Namibia win / draw / Zambia win

Namibia–Zambia

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

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

	Namibia	Zambia
Current Elo	1424	1551
Elo rank	142nd	94th
Peak Elo	1619 (2024)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	279	793
All-time record	70W 80D 129L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	273	1234
Goals against	397	851
Biggest win	8–2 vs Benin · 2000-07-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–8 vs Egypt · 2001-07-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification	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	0.03	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Namibia 1W 9D 8L

Goals

7–23

Namibia first

First meeting

0–4

Zambia won · 1992-10-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–1

Zambia won · 2022-07-17 · COSAFA Cup

Namibia's biggest win

1–0

2016-06-24 · COSAFA Cup

Zambia's biggest win

4–0

1993-01-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–0

Namibia first · 6 times, last 2018-06-02

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Zambia · since 2018-06-02

18 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-07-17	0–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2019-11-09	0–2	Namibia home	Friendly
2019-03-23	1–4	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2018-09-08	1–1	Namibia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2018-06-02	0–0	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2016-06-24	1–0	Namibia home	COSAFA Cup
2015-11-07	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
2015-05-24	0–0	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2013-05-25	0–0	Namibia home	Friendly
2012-01-14	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
2009-10-25	0–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2007-05-26	1–2	Namibia home	Friendly
2001-06-02	0–0	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2000-10-08	1–2	Namibia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-08-08	1–1	Zambia home	COSAFA Cup
1997-08-31	1–1	Namibia home	COSAFA Cup
1993-01-20	0–4	Zambia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-10-25	0–4	Namibia home	FIFA World Cup qualification