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Head to head

Australia vs South Africa

If they played today

Australia at home
62% / 22% / 17%
Australia win / draw / South Africa win
Australia–South Africa
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.2%
  • 1–1 10.2%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.2%
Neutral venue
54% / 24% / 22%
Australia win / draw / South Africa win
Australia–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.3%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 2–0 9.6%
  • 0–1 6.5%
South Africa at home
46% / 25% / 29%
Australia win / draw / South Africa win
Australia–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 2–0 8.0%
  • 0–1 7.9%

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

 AustraliaSouth Africa
Current Elo19081694
Elo rank22nd66th
Peak Elo1969 (1997)1792 (1996)
Matches played585484
All-time record297W 125D 163L216W 146D 122L
Goals for1170652
Goals against622458
Biggest win31–0 vs American Samoa · 2001-04-11 · FIFA World Cup qualification8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–8 vs South Africa · 1955-09-17 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.090.02

When they've met

Meetings
21
Australia 6W 4D 11L
Goals
27–47
Australia first
First meeting
1–2
South Africa won · 1947-05-10 · Friendly
Most recent
1–1
Drawn · 2014-05-26 · Friendly
Australia's biggest win
5–1
1947-06-07 · Friendly
South Africa's biggest win
8–0
1955-09-17 · Friendly
Most common result
1–0
Australia first · 3 times, last 2004-03-30
Current run
Unbeaten in 4
Australia · since 2004-03-30
21 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2014-05-261–1Australia homeFriendly
2008-08-192–2NeutralFriendly
2005-02-091–1South Africa homeFriendly
2004-03-301–0NeutralFriendly
1996-09-180–2South Africa homeSimba Tournament
1994-06-121–0Australia homeFriendly
1994-06-081–0Australia homeFriendly
1955-10-011–4Australia homeFriendly
1955-09-240–6Australia homeFriendly
1955-09-170–8Australia homeFriendly
1955-09-100–2Australia homeFriendly
1955-09-030–3Australia homeFriendly
1950-07-232–0South Africa homeFriendly
1950-07-082–1South Africa homeFriendly
1950-07-011–2South Africa homeFriendly
1950-06-242–3South Africa homeFriendly
1947-06-141–2Australia homeFriendly
1947-06-075–1Australia homeFriendly
1947-05-313–3Australia homeFriendly
1947-05-242–4Australia homeFriendly
1947-05-101–2Australia homeFriendly