Head to head

Argentina vs South Africa

If they played today

Argentina at home

84% / 12% / 4%

Argentina win / draw / South Africa win

Argentina–South Africa

2–0 16.4%
3–0 14.2%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 9.3%
2–1 7.0%

Neutral venue

79% / 15% / 7%

Argentina win / draw / South Africa win

Argentina–South Africa

2–0 14.9%
1–0 12.4%
3–0 12.0%
2–1 8.3%
4–0 7.2%

South Africa at home

72% / 18% / 10%

Argentina win / draw / South Africa win

Argentina–South Africa

2–0 13.4%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.9%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

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

	Argentina	South Africa
Current Elo	2250	1694
Elo rank	2nd	66th
Peak Elo	2279 (2026)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	1077	484
All-time record	599W 257D 221L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	2047	652
Goals against	1083	458
Biggest win	12–0 vs Ecuador · 1942-01-22 · Copa América	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Spain · 2018-03-27 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	3	0
Expected World Cups	1.79	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Argentina 1W 1D 1L

Goals

3–2

Argentina first

First meeting

0–1

South Africa won · 1906-07-09 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Argentina won · 1998-05-25 · Friendly

Argentina's biggest win

2–0

1998-05-25 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

1906-07-09 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Argentina · since 1995-05-13

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1998-05-25	2–0	Argentina home	Friendly
1995-05-13	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1906-07-09	0–1	Argentina home	Friendly