Head to head

Botswana vs South Africa

If they played today

Botswana at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Botswana win / draw / South Africa win

Botswana–South Africa

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

17% / 22% / 61%

Botswana win / draw / South Africa win

Botswana–South Africa

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.1%

South Africa at home

12% / 19% / 69%

Botswana win / draw / South Africa win

Botswana–South Africa

0–2 12.6%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
0–3 8.9%

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

	Botswana	South Africa
Current Elo	1388	1694
Elo rank	149th	66th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	332	484
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	268	652
Goals against	426	458
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · 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	0.02	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 0W 5D 12L

Goals

10–28

Botswana first

First meeting

0–2

South Africa won · 1993-01-10 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

South Africa won · 2023-07-08 · COSAFA Cup

Botswana's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

4–1

2013-09-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

1–2

Botswana first · 4 times, last 2023-07-08

Current run

Unbeaten in 17

South Africa · since 1993-01-10

17 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-07-08	1–2	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2022-09-27	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2022-07-17	1–2	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2021-07-06	0–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2019-06-02	2–2	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2018-06-08	0–3	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2017-07-04	0–2	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2016-06-25	2–3	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2015-05-24	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2013-09-07	1–4	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2012-06-09	1–1	Botswana home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-01-16	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2007-09-29	0–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2006-05-21	0–0	Botswana home	COSAFA Cup
2002-03-30	0–0	Botswana home	COSAFA Cup
1999-02-20	1–2	Botswana home	COSAFA Cup qualification
1993-01-10	0–2	Botswana home	Friendly