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Head to head

China vs South Africa

If they played today

China at home
34% / 26% / 40%
China win / draw / South Africa win
China–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.0%
  • 1–0 9.0%
  • 1–2 8.6%
  • 2–1 7.7%
Neutral venue
27% / 25% / 48%
China win / draw / South Africa win
China–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.9%
  • 0–1 10.7%
  • 1–2 9.4%
  • 0–2 8.5%
  • 1–0 7.5%
South Africa at home
21% / 23% / 56%
China win / draw / South Africa win
China–South Africa
  • 0–1 11.3%
  • 1–1 11.0%
  • 0–2 10.0%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.3%

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

 ChinaSouth Africa
Current Elo15531694
Elo rank93rd66th
Peak Elo1839 (2001)1792 (1996)
Matches played702484
All-time record339W 154D 209L216W 146D 122L
Goals for1285652
Goals against768458
Biggest win19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.010.02

When they've met

China and South Africa have never played each other.