Head to head

France vs South Africa

If they played today

France at home

78% / 15% / 7%

France win / draw / South Africa win

France–South Africa

2–0 14.8%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.8%
2–1 8.5%
1–1 7.1%

Neutral venue

71% / 18% / 11%

France win / draw / South Africa win

France–South Africa

2–0 13.2%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.7%
2–1 9.4%
1–1 8.5%

South Africa at home

64% / 21% / 15%

France win / draw / South Africa win

France–South Africa

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.7%
1–1 9.9%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 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

	France	South Africa
Current Elo	2139	1694
Elo rank	4th	66th
Peak Elo	2232 (2026)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	943	484
All-time record	483W 195D 265L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1735	652
Goals against	1219	458
Biggest win	14–0 vs Gibraltar · 2023-11-18 · UEFA Euro qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–17 vs Denmark · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	2	0
Expected World Cups	0.90	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

France 3W 1D 1L

Goals

11–3

France first

First meeting

2–1

France won · 1997-10-11 · Friendly

Most recent

5–0

France won · 2022-03-29 · Friendly

France's biggest win

5–0

2022-03-29 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

2–1

2010-06-22 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

France · since 2022-03-29

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-03-29	5–0	France home	Friendly
2010-06-22	1–2	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup
2000-10-07	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
1998-06-12	3–0	France home	FIFA World Cup
1997-10-11	2–1	France home	Friendly