Head to head

Gabon vs South Africa

If they played today

Gabon at home

31% / 26% / 43%

Gabon win / draw / South Africa win

Gabon–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
2–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

25% / 25% / 51%

Gabon win / draw / South Africa win

Gabon–South Africa

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

South Africa at home

19% / 23% / 59%

Gabon win / draw / South Africa win

Gabon–South Africa

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

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

	Gabon	South Africa
Current Elo	1522	1694
Elo rank	103rd	66th
Peak Elo	1709 (2010)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	405	484
All-time record	141W 114D 150L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	477	652
Goals against	484	458
Biggest win	7–0 vs Benin · 1995-04-02 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Morocco · 2006-11-15 · Friendly	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	0.37	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Gabon 1W 0D 3L

Goals

3–10

Gabon first

First meeting

1–4

South Africa won · 1999-02-27 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

0–3

South Africa won · 2012-06-15 · Friendly

Gabon's biggest win

1–0

1999-04-10 · African Cup of Nations qualification

South Africa's biggest win

4–1

1999-02-27 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Won last 2

South Africa · since 2000-01-23

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-06-15	0–3	South Africa home	Friendly
2000-01-23	1–3	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1999-04-10	1–0	Gabon home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1999-02-27	1–4	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification