Head to head

Algeria vs South Africa

If they played today

Algeria at home

58% / 23% / 19%

Algeria win / draw / South Africa win

Algeria–South Africa

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

50% / 25% / 25%

Algeria win / draw / South Africa win

Algeria–South Africa

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

South Africa at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Algeria win / draw / South Africa win

Algeria–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

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

	Algeria	South Africa
Current Elo	1859	1694
Elo rank	29th	66th
Peak Elo	1908 (2022)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	621	484
All-time record	289W 163D 169L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	958	652
Goals against	622	458
Biggest win	15–1 vs Yemen · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–5 vs German DR · 1976-04-21 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	2	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	2.18	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Algeria 1W 3D 1L

Goals

8–7

Algeria first

First meeting

1–2

South Africa won · 1996-01-27 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

3–3

Drawn · 2024-03-26 · FIFA Series

Algeria's biggest win

3–1

2015-01-19 · African Cup of Nations

South Africa's biggest win

2–1

1996-01-27 · African Cup of Nations

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Algeria · since 2000-02-02

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-03-26	3–3	Algeria home	FIFA Series
2015-01-19	3–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2013-01-12	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2000-02-02	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1996-01-27	1–2	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations