Head to head

Eritrea vs South Africa

If they played today

Eritrea at home

13% / 19% / 68%

Eritrea win / draw / South Africa win

Eritrea–South Africa

0–2 12.5%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
0–3 8.7%

Neutral venue

9% / 16% / 75%

Eritrea win / draw / South Africa win

Eritrea–South Africa

0–2 14.0%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.7%
1–2 8.9%
1–1 7.8%

South Africa at home

6% / 14% / 81%

Eritrea win / draw / South Africa win

Eritrea–South Africa

0–2 15.5%
0–3 12.9%
0–1 12.4%
0–4 8.0%
1–2 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

	Eritrea	South Africa
Current Elo	1197	1694
Elo rank	181st	66th
Peak Elo	1511 (1994)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	71	484
All-time record	11W 16D 44L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	48	652
Goals against	121	458
Biggest win	3–1 vs Somalia · 2009-12-05 · CECAFA Cup	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Angola · 2007-03-25 · African Cup of Nations qualification	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	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.00	0.71

When they've met

Eritrea and South Africa have never played each other.