Cape Verde VS Liberia: What You Need to Know Ahead of Today's Encounter

HEAD TO HEAD: Cape Verde and Liberia have met six times in official matches—across qualifiers in the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup.

Cape Verde leads the head-to-head stats 4-2 against Liberia. The last time the two nations meet was on October 10, 2021, when Cape Verde whipped Liberia 1-0 at home in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

GOAL STATISTICS: Cape Verde leads with 8 goals, compared to Liberia's 7 from the 6 matches played.

RECENT FORM IN LAST FIVE MATCHES: Liberia recorded better stats than Cape Verde.

Liberia — Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 3

Rwanda — Drew 2, Lost 3

AFRICA FOOTBALL RANKING: Cape Verde tops, sitting in 13th place, compared to Liberia's 46th spot.

WORLD FOOTBALL RANKING: Cape Verde tops, sitting in 68th place, above Liberia's 146th place position.

Now, today's meeting comes as another crucial match as the two countries push to restore their qualification hopes in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers.

Cape Verde and Liberia are yet to collect a single win in the qualifiers as they drown in Group K with 0 points each.

Rwanda currently tops the group with 6 points and a goal difference, followed by Mali who occupies the second place with 6 points as well.

Note: A victory for either side in today's match (Friday, November 13) between Cape and Liberia will keep that team qualification chances alive. While the defeated side will face tough pressure of elimination.

However, a draw for both sides will not be enough to push them to drawing closer to the qualifying spots in the group.

The qualifying spots are 1st and 2nd places—which are occupied by Rwanda and Mali with 6 points each.

The Lone Star of Liberia and the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde will need to keep focus as they battle each other desperately in search of a win.

The match kicks off at 4:00PM (local time) in Praia, Cape Verde.