Head to head

Benin vs South Africa

If they played today

Benin at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Benin win / draw / South Africa win

Benin–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Benin win / draw / South Africa win

Benin–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

South Africa at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Benin win / draw / South Africa win

Benin–South Africa

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
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

	Benin	South Africa
Current Elo	1540	1694
Elo rank	98th	66th
Peak Elo	1607 (2020)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	325	484
All-time record	84W 79D 162L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	352	652
Goals against	561	458
Biggest win	7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.05	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Benin 0W 0D 3L

Goals

1–6

Benin first

First meeting

0–2

South Africa won · 2004-01-27 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

0–2

South Africa won · 2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Benin's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2025-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–2

Benin first · twice, last 2025-03-25

Current run

Won last 3

South Africa · since 2004-01-27

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-03-25	0–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2023-11-18	1–2	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-01-27	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations