Head to head

Angola vs South Africa

If they played today

Angola at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Angola win / draw / South Africa win

Angola–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 26% / 45%

Angola win / draw / South Africa win

Angola–South Africa

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
1–0 8.0%
0–2 7.9%

South Africa at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Angola win / draw / South Africa win

Angola–South Africa

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.7%

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

	Angola	South Africa
Current Elo	1590	1694
Elo rank	86th	66th
Peak Elo	1724 (2006)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	415	484
All-time record	141W 148D 126L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	470	652
Goals against	428	458
Biggest win	7–1 vs Eswatini · 2000-04-23 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Portugal · 1989-03-29 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.26	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Angola 0W 6D 9L

Goals

8–20

Angola first

First meeting

0–1

South Africa won · 1996-01-20 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

1–2

South Africa won · 2025-12-22 · African Cup of Nations

Angola's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

3–1

2015-11-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–1

Angola first · 4 times, last 2015-11-17

Current run

Unbeaten in 15

South Africa · since 1996-01-20

15 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-12-22	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2022-11-20	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2018-03-21	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2017-03-28	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2015-11-17	0–1	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-11-13	1–3	Angola home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-06-16	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2013-01-23	0–2	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations
2009-10-26	0–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2008-01-23	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2002-01-15	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1999-06-20	2–2	Angola home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-10-03	0–1	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-02-08	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1996-01-20	0–1	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations