Head to head

Namibia vs Zimbabwe

If they played today

Namibia at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Namibia win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Namibia–Zimbabwe

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Namibia win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Namibia–Zimbabwe

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Zimbabwe at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Namibia win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Namibia–Zimbabwe

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

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	Zimbabwe
Current Elo	1424	1476
Elo rank	142nd	119th
Peak Elo	1619 (2024)	1672 (2005)
Matches played	279	496
All-time record	70W 80D 129L	190W 139D 167L
Goals for	273	660
Goals against	397	591
Biggest win	8–2 vs Benin · 2000-07-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–0 vs Botswana · 1990-08-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–8 vs Egypt · 2001-07-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification	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	0.03	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Namibia 6W 0D 6L

Goals

24–23

Namibia first

First meeting

2–1

Namibia won · 1997-03-16 · COSAFA Cup qualification

Most recent

1–3

Zimbabwe won · 2024-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Namibia's biggest win

4–1

2015-05-21 · COSAFA Cup

Zimbabwe's biggest win

5–2

1998-04-19 · COSAFA Cup

Most common result

2–3

Namibia first · twice, last 2006-11-15

Current run

Won last 2

Zimbabwe · since 2024-10-10

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-10-14	1–3	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-10-10	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2021-07-11	2–0	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2017-11-11	3–1	Namibia home	Friendly
2015-05-21	4–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2008-10-11	4–2	Namibia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-08	0–2	Zimbabwe home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2006-11-15	2–3	Zimbabwe home	Friendly
2000-05-14	2–3	Zimbabwe home	COSAFA Cup
2000-03-21	2–1	Namibia home	Friendly
1998-04-19	2–5	Zimbabwe home	COSAFA Cup
1997-03-16	2–1	Namibia home	COSAFA Cup qualification