Head to head

Brazil vs South Africa

If they played today

Brazil at home

74% / 17% / 9%

Brazil win / draw / South Africa win

Brazil–South Africa

2–0 13.8%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
1–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

67% / 20% / 13%

Brazil win / draw / South Africa win

Brazil–South Africa

2–0 12.3%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
3–0 8.4%

South Africa at home

59% / 22% / 18%

Brazil win / draw / South Africa win

Brazil–South Africa

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

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

	Brazil	South Africa
Current Elo	2076	1694
Elo rank	6th	66th
Peak Elo	2258 (2022)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	1064	484
All-time record	675W 217D 172L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	2315	652
Goals against	961	458
Biggest win	10–1 vs Bolivia · 1949-04-10 · Copa América	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Germany · 2014-07-08 · FIFA World Cup	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	5	0
Expected World Cups	2.98	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Brazil 5W 0D 0L

Goals

12–3

Brazil first

First meeting

3–2

Brazil won · 1996-04-24 · Friendly

Most recent

5–0

Brazil won · 2014-03-05 · Friendly

Brazil's biggest win

5–0

2014-03-05 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Brazil

Most common result

1–0

Brazil first · twice, last 2012-09-07

Current run

Won last 5

Brazil · since 1996-04-24

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-03-05	5–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2012-09-07	1–0	Brazil home	Friendly
2009-06-25	1–0	South Africa home	Confederations Cup
1997-12-07	2–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1996-04-24	3–2	South Africa home	Friendly