Head to head

Belgium vs South Africa

If they played today

Belgium at home

71% / 18% / 11%

Belgium win / draw / South Africa win

Belgium–South Africa

2–0 13.2%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.6%
2–1 9.4%
1–1 8.6%

Neutral venue

64% / 21% / 15%

Belgium win / draw / South Africa win

Belgium–South Africa

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.6%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.7%

South Africa at home

56% / 23% / 20%

Belgium win / draw / South Africa win

Belgium–South Africa

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Belgium	South Africa
Current Elo	2036	1694
Elo rank	9th	66th
Peak Elo	2209 (2021)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	859	484
All-time record	385W 183D 291L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1564	652
Goals against	1297	458
Biggest win	10–1 vs San Marino · 2001-02-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–9 vs Netherlands · 1959-10-04 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.39	0.02

When they've met

Belgium and South Africa have never played each other.