Head to head

Burundi vs South Africa

If they played today

Burundi at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Burundi win / draw / South Africa win

Burundi–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%

Burundi win / draw / South Africa win

Burundi–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%

Burundi win / draw / South Africa win

Burundi–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

	Burundi	South Africa
Current Elo	1388	1694
Elo rank	150th	66th
Peak Elo	1594 (1998)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	218	484
All-time record	65W 52D 101L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	237	652
Goals against	295	458
Biggest win	8–1 vs Seychelles · 2021-09-04 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–9 vs Uganda · 1953-09-19 · 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	<0.01	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Burundi 0W 0D 2L

Goals

0–4

Burundi first

First meeting

0–2

South Africa won · 2002-10-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

0–2

South Africa won · 2003-07-06 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Burundi's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2003-07-06 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–2

Burundi first · twice, last 2003-07-06

Current run

Won last 2

South Africa · since 2002-10-13

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-07-06	0–2	Burundi home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2002-10-13	0–2	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification