Head to head

Denmark vs South Africa

If they played today

Denmark at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Denmark win / draw / South Africa win

Denmark–South Africa

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.4%
1–1 10.1%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

55% / 24% / 22%

Denmark win / draw / South Africa win

Denmark–South Africa

1–1 11.2%
1–0 11.2%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.8%
0–1 6.4%

South Africa at home

47% / 25% / 28%

Denmark win / draw / South Africa win

Denmark–South Africa

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.2%
0–1 7.8%

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

	Denmark	South Africa
Current Elo	1918	1694
Elo rank	21st	66th
Peak Elo	2028 (2021)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	874	484
All-time record	402W 185D 287L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1587	652
Goals against	1173	458
Biggest win	17–1 vs France · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–11 vs Basque Country · 1937-08-29 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Denmark 0W 2D 1L

Goals

2–3

Denmark first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1998-06-18 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

0–1

South Africa won · 2010-06-05 · Friendly

Denmark's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

2010-06-05 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Denmark first · twice, last 1999-04-28

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

South Africa · since 1998-06-18

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-06-05	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1999-04-28	1–1	Denmark home	Friendly
1998-06-18	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup