Head to head

Canada vs South Africa

If they played today

Canada at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Canada win / draw / South Africa win

Canada–South Africa

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
2–0 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

49% / 25% / 26%

Canada win / draw / South Africa win

Canada–South Africa

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

South Africa at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Canada win / draw / South Africa win

Canada–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.7%

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

	Canada	South Africa
Current Elo	1841	1694
Elo rank	35th	66th
Peak Elo	1964 (2022)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	474	484
All-time record	181W 109D 184L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	617	652
Goals against	618	458
Biggest win	11–0 vs Cayman Islands · 2021-03-29 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Mexico · 1993-07-18 · Gold Cup	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Canada 1W 0D 1L

Goals

1–2

Canada first

First meeting

0–2

South Africa won · 2007-11-20 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Canada won · 2026-06-28 · FIFA World Cup

Canada's biggest win

1–0

2026-06-28 · FIFA World Cup

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2007-11-20 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Canada · since 2026-06-28

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-28	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2007-11-20	0–2	South Africa home	Friendly