Head to head

Congo vs South Africa

If they played today

Congo at home

19% / 23% / 58%

Congo win / draw / South Africa win

Congo–South Africa

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
0–2 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.3%

Neutral venue

14% / 20% / 66%

Congo win / draw / South Africa win

Congo–South Africa

0–2 12.0%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.6%
0–3 8.1%

South Africa at home

10% / 17% / 73%

Congo win / draw / South Africa win

Congo–South Africa

0–2 13.5%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 10.0%
1–2 9.2%
1–1 8.3%

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

	Congo	South Africa
Current Elo	1330	1694
Elo rank	164th	66th
Peak Elo	1658 (1972)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	406	484
All-time record	134W 99D 173L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	523	652
Goals against	598	458
Biggest win	11–0 vs Chad · 1964-03-28 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Madagascar · 1960-04-18 · African Friendship Games	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	1	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.37	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Congo 1W 5D 6L

Goals

5–14

Congo first

First meeting

0–1

South Africa won · 1992-10-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2024-10-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Congo's biggest win

2–0

1997-04-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification

South Africa's biggest win

5–0

2024-10-11 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–0

Congo first · 3 times, last 2014-10-15

Current run

Unbeaten in 9

South Africa · since 1997-08-16

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-10-15	1–1	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-10-11	0–5	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2014-10-15	0–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2014-10-11	0–2	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2007-06-17	1–1	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2006-09-02	0–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2001-06-17	0–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2000-09-03	1–2	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1997-08-16	0–1	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1997-04-06	2–0	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-01-31	0–1	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-10-25	0–1	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification