Head to head

Scotland vs Zambia

If they played today

Scotland at home

66% / 20% / 14%

Scotland win / draw / Zambia win

Scotland–Zambia

2–0 12.0%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.6%
3–0 8.1%

Neutral venue

58% / 23% / 19%

Scotland win / draw / Zambia win

Scotland–Zambia

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.3%

Zambia at home

50% / 25% / 25%

Scotland win / draw / Zambia win

Scotland–Zambia

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.8%
0–1 7.2%

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

	Scotland	Zambia
Current Elo	1815	1551
Elo rank	37th	94th
Peak Elo	1875 (2023)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	854	793
All-time record	403W 182D 269L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	1455	1234
Goals against	1054	851
Biggest win	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup	1–10 vs DR Congo · 1969-11-22 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.21	0.00

When they've met

Scotland and Zambia have never played each other.