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Head to head

Finland vs South Africa

If they played today

Finland at home
39% / 26% / 35%
Finland win / draw / South Africa win
Finland–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 9.3%
  • 2–1 8.4%
  • 1–2 7.9%
Neutral venue
31% / 26% / 43%
Finland win / draw / South Africa win
Finland–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 0–1 10.3%
  • 1–2 8.9%
  • 1–0 8.4%
  • 0–2 7.5%
South Africa at home
24% / 24% / 51%
Finland win / draw / South Africa win
Finland–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.6%
  • 0–1 10.9%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 0–2 9.0%
  • 1–0 7.0%

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

 FinlandSouth Africa
Current Elo16161694
Elo rank82nd66th
Peak Elo1779 (2021)1792 (1996)
Matches played818484
All-time record216W 166D 436L216W 146D 122L
Goals for960652
Goals against1675458
Biggest win10–2 vs Estonia · 1922-08-11 · Friendly8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs Germany · 1940-09-01 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.02

When they've met

Finland and South Africa have never played each other.