Head to head

Sierra Leone vs Zambia

If they played today

Sierra Leone at home

38% / 26% / 35%

Sierra Leone win / draw / Zambia win

Sierra Leone–Zambia

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.3%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 8.0%

Neutral venue

31% / 26% / 43%

Sierra Leone win / draw / Zambia win

Sierra Leone–Zambia

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.5%

Zambia at home

24% / 24% / 51%

Sierra Leone win / draw / Zambia win

Sierra Leone–Zambia

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 7.0%

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

	Sierra Leone	Zambia
Current Elo	1472	1551
Elo rank	122nd	94th
Peak Elo	1654 (1996)	1799 (1994)
Matches played	301	793
All-time record	91W 78D 132L	358W 203D 232L
Goals for	290	1234
Goals against	415	851
Biggest win	5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification	11–2 vs Eswatini · 1978-02-05 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations 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	0.11	1.21

When they've met

Meetings

Sierra Leone 0W 1D 3L

Goals

2–9

Sierra Leone first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1994-03-29 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

0–2

Zambia won · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Sierra Leone's biggest win

—

Never beaten Zambia

Zambia's biggest win

4–0

1996-01-24 · African Cup of Nations

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Zambia · since 1994-03-29

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-19	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-09-10	2–3	Zambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1996-01-24	0–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1994-03-29	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations