Head to head

Croatia vs South Africa

If they played today

Croatia at home
65% / 21% / 15%
Croatia win / draw / South Africa win
Croatia–South Africa
  • 1–0 11.8%
  • 2–0 11.7%
  • 1–1 9.8%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 3–0 7.8%
Neutral venue
57% / 23% / 20%
Croatia win / draw / South Africa win
Croatia–South Africa
  • 1–0 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.9%
  • 2–0 10.2%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.3%
South Africa at home
49% / 25% / 26%
Croatia win / draw / South Africa win
Croatia–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 1–0 10.7%
  • 2–1 9.5%
  • 2–0 8.6%
  • 0–1 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

 CroatiaSouth Africa
Current Elo19431694
Elo rank17th66th
Peak Elo2057 (2023)1792 (1996)
Matches played400484
All-time record211W 104D 85L216W 146D 122L
Goals for694652
Goals against407458
Biggest win10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.140.02

When they've met

Croatia and South Africa have never played each other.