Head to head

Cameroon vs South Africa

If they played today

Cameroon at home

47% / 25% / 27%

Cameroon win / draw / South Africa win

Cameroon–South Africa

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

39% / 26% / 34%

Cameroon win / draw / South Africa win

Cameroon–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.8%

South Africa at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Cameroon win / draw / South Africa win

Cameroon–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.6%
2–1 7.4%

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

	Cameroon	South Africa
Current Elo	1725	1694
Elo rank	57th	66th
Peak Elo	1915 (2003)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	616	484
All-time record	271W 192D 153L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	866	652
Goals against	640	458
Biggest win	9–2 vs Djibouti · 1960-04-14 · African Friendship Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Russia · 1994-06-28 · FIFA World Cup	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	5	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	2.36	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Cameroon 2W 5D 3L

Goals

12–15

Cameroon first

First meeting

0–1

South Africa won · 1992-07-07 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

Cameroon won · 2026-01-04 · African Cup of Nations

Cameroon's biggest win

2–1

2026-01-04 · African Cup of Nations

South Africa's biggest win

3–0

1996-01-13 · African Cup of Nations

Most common result

2–1

Cameroon first · twice, last 2026-01-04

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Cameroon · since 2015-01-10

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-01-04	2–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2016-03-29	0–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2016-03-26	2–2	Cameroon home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2015-01-10	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2008-11-19	2–3	South Africa home	Friendly
1996-01-13	0–3	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations
1994-12-04	1–1	South Africa home	Simba Tournament
1992-07-11	2–2	South Africa home	Friendly
1992-07-09	2–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1992-07-07	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly