Start with the recent run. 3 of these 10 recorded matches were won and 3 lost, 13-10 on goals, worth 1.3 a game. Behind it the model carries them at 1456.
Relative to a 47-team field: 63 points below the average rating, scores 0.14 below the mean going forward, concedes 0.11 above it at the back. On a per-match basis the same run reads 1.30 scored, 1.00 conceded. Across their 8 matches in our records, where they play has mattered: 2-1-1 at their own ground, 0-2-2 away from it. In our record of their 8 games, the widest they have won by is 3, in a 3-0. The model's present valuation is 1456, on a base of 6 matches. Across their 8 matches in our records, no loss has been wider than 2 goals, in a 1-3. Across their 8 matches in our records, their longest unbeaten stretch ran to 5 matches. The sample includes a run of 3 straight defeats. Across their 8 matches in our records, the defence has held out completely in 4 of 8 fixtures. Every rated team begins at 1500; they sit 44 points below it.
All figures are our own elo-poisson-v1 output rather than a provider feed.
Team Overview
Our Elo rating for Cape Verde is 1456; they are in the lower half of the World Cup field. Cape Verde drew with Spain 0-0; subsequently they drew with Uruguay 2-2, drew with Saudi Arabia 0-0 and lost to Argentina 2-3. K. Lenini, L. Duarte, Benchimol and W. Semedo scored in recorded matches. Cape Verde kept 4 clean sheets in their 8 matches in our records, a 50.0% share. Cape Verde averaged 1.75 points at home and 0.50 away. Cape Verde rate 63 Elo points below the other World Cup sides' average.