Head to head

Gambia vs South Africa

If they played today

Gambia at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Gambia win / draw / South Africa win

Gambia–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Gambia win / draw / South Africa win

Gambia–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

South Africa at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Gambia win / draw / South Africa win

Gambia–South Africa

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Gambia	South Africa
Current Elo	1540	1694
Elo rank	99th	66th
Peak Elo	1570 (2022)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	266	484
All-time record	73W 75D 118L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	279	652
Goals against	370	458
Biggest win	7–0 vs Seychelles · 2025-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Ghana · 1978-01-17 · 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	0.01	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Gambia 0W 1D 1L

Goals

0–4

Gambia first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

0–4

South Africa won · 2016-06-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Gambia's biggest win

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Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

4–0

2016-06-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

South Africa · since 2015-06-13

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-06-04	0–4	Gambia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2015-06-13	0–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification