Head to head

Colombia vs South Africa

If they played today

Colombia at home

75% / 17% / 9%

Colombia win / draw / South Africa win

Colombia–South Africa

2–0 14.0%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.6%
2–1 9.0%
1–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

68% / 19% / 13%

Colombia win / draw / South Africa win

Colombia–South Africa

2–0 12.4%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.3%
3–0 8.6%

South Africa at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Colombia win / draw / South Africa win

Colombia–South Africa

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.8%

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

	Colombia	South Africa
Current Elo	2087	1694
Elo rank	5th	66th
Peak Elo	2147 (2024)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	643	484
All-time record	261W 178D 204L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	828	652
Goals against	737	458
Biggest win	6–0 vs Bahrain · 2015-03-26 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Brazil · 1957-03-24 · Copa América	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.23	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Colombia 0W 0D 1L

Goals

1–2

Colombia first

First meeting

1–2

South Africa won · 2010-05-27 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

South Africa won · 2010-05-27 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-05-27	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly