Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso Head to Head: Defending Champions Face Underdogs in RO16

The 2025 edition of AFCON has been labelled one of the best editions of the prestigious African football tournament, as it has broken all expectations by delivering intense matches so far. Continuing the trend of competitive matches in the Group stages and has smoothly transitioned into the Round of 16 with some unexpected names like Burkina Faso, Mozambique and others.

While the Ivory Coast national football team are yet to play their Round of 16 match, the results so far have already sent fans into a frenzy. They are set to face Burkina Faso, who finished the group stage with just one point fewer than the Ivory Coast. Adding to the excitement, the Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso head to head numbers make this clash more intriguing than most of the remaining Round of 16 fixtures. Let’s take a closer look at which side holds the edge in the Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso h2h.

Burkina Faso vs Ivory Coast Head to Head: Overall Record Between Both Teams

The clash between the two West African nations will take place on 6th January 2026 at 07:00 PM GMT. This will be the 7th meeting of both since the beginning of the Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso rivalry in the last 70s. Till now, the defending AFCON champions, Cote D'Ivoire, have won 4/6 games, while the opponent has won only 1 game that took place in 2022/23.

Although the Ivory Coast have an edge with almost 70% results falling in their favour but last game in which the Burkina Faso national football team won, and the recent form where both teams have only 1 point apart in their group stage points, make the upcoming fixture on the evening of 6th Jan even more interesting.

Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso Head to Head: A Brief Look at the Past Matches Between the Two Teams

While the record shows only a few numbers of matches being played between the African nations, the Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso rivalry has been in football history since 1970s. Ivory Coast has enjoyed early fame in the world of soccer with players Didier Drogba, who earned the tag of one of the best African players in the Premier League , showcasing their talent worldwide. While Burkina Faso has slowly developed into a competitive team in the African continent.

Ivory Coast National Football Team vs Burkina Faso National Football Team Stats: Overall H2H Stats Comparison

Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso have scored the same number of goals, with both teams scoring three goals each, as shown in the Ivory Coast Vs Burkina Faso h2h record table. However, the Ivory Coast team stats show they have performed much better overall, earning an average of 2.17 points per game, while Burkina Faso have managed only 0.67 points per game.

The Ivory Coast national football team have kept three clean sheets, compared to just one by Burkina Faso, showing ‘Les Elephants’ dominance at the back. Ivory Coast players have received four yellow cards and no red cards. On the other hand, their RO16 opponents have picked up five yellow cards and one red card.

Burkina Faso vs Ivory Coast Head to Head: All-Time Top Scorers

Six different players have scored in the Burkina Faso vs Ivory Coast head-to-head matches. Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou leads the list with one goal. He is followed by Ibrahim Sangare, Edmond Tapsoba, Lassina Traore, and one of the best Man Utd academy players, Amad Diallo, who have all scored one goal each in this fixture. As of now, no such player has emerged as the goal top scorer, while the upcoming fixture does give the players involved a chance to top the list of the all-time top scorer in the Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso rivalry.

Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso Trophies: Which Team has won more Int’l Accolades?

Ivory Coast have been far more successful at the top level with 3 major titles to their name. They have won the Africa Cup of Nations three times in 1992, 2015, and 2023, while Burkina Faso have never won any major accolade.

Ivory Coast have also qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times (2006, 2010, 2014), although they did not win any titles Burkina Faso, on the other hand, have never qualified for the World Cup.

Ivory Coast vs Burkina Faso H2H: Biggest Wins

Head to Head Burkina Faso vs Ivory Coast record shows the defending AFCON champions scoring more than 3 goals only once; the rest of the fixtures, which fell in favour of the West African nation, had ended with slender margins. The last big margin came in 2022, in which Burkina Faso was the winner by a goal and they will look to the result to motivate themselves before they face the AFCON Champions on 6th January.