Head to head

England vs South Africa

If they played today

England at home

81% / 13% / 5%

England win / draw / South Africa win

England–South Africa

2–0 15.6%
3–0 13.0%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 8.2%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

75% / 16% / 8%

England win / draw / South Africa win

England–South Africa

2–0 14.1%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.9%
2–1 8.9%
1–1 7.7%

South Africa at home

68% / 19% / 12%

England win / draw / South Africa win

England–South Africa

2–0 12.6%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
3–0 8.8%

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

	England	South Africa
Current Elo	2197	1694
Elo rank	3rd	66th
Peak Elo	2197 (2026)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	1098	484
All-time record	631W 259D 208L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	2401	652
Goals against	1053	458
Biggest win	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	1	0
Expected World Cups	1.45	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

England 2W 0D 0L

Goals

4–2

England first

First meeting

2–1

England won · 1997-05-24 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

England won · 2003-05-22 · Friendly

England's biggest win

2–1

2003-05-22 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten England

Most common result

2–1

England first · twice, last 2003-05-22

Current run

Won last 2

England · since 1997-05-24

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-05-22	2–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1997-05-24	2–1	England home	Friendly