Head to head

Egypt vs South Africa

If they played today

Egypt at home

58% / 23% / 19%

Egypt win / draw / South Africa win

Egypt–South Africa

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.4%

Neutral venue

50% / 25% / 25%

Egypt win / draw / South Africa win

Egypt–South Africa

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 8.9%
0–1 7.2%

South Africa at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Egypt win / draw / South Africa win

Egypt–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

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

	Egypt	South Africa
Current Elo	1860	1694
Elo rank	28th	66th
Peak Elo	1934 (2010)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	761	484
All-time record	380W 188D 193L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1233	652
Goals against	773	458
Biggest win	15–0 vs Laos · 1963-11-15 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	3–11 vs Italy · 1928-06-09 · Olympic Games	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	7	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	3.88	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Egypt 5W 1D 7L

Goals

9–11

Egypt first

First meeting

0–2

South Africa won · 1995-11-24 · Simba Tournament

Most recent

1–0

Egypt won · 2025-12-26 · African Cup of Nations

Egypt's biggest win

2–0

1998-02-28 · African Cup of Nations

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

1995-11-24 · Simba Tournament

Most common result

0–1

Egypt first · 4 times, last 2019-07-06

Current run

Won the last meeting

Egypt · since 2025-12-26

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-12-26	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2019-07-06	0–1	Egypt home	African Cup of Nations
2016-09-06	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2011-06-05	0–0	Egypt home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2011-03-26	0–1	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2006-11-15	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2006-01-14	1–2	Egypt home	Friendly
2003-11-15	2–1	Egypt home	Friendly
2001-11-10	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1998-12-16	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly
1998-02-28	2–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1996-01-24	1–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations
1995-11-24	0–2	South Africa home	Simba Tournament