Head to head

German DR vs South Africa

If they played today

German DR at home
48% / 25% / 27%
German DR win / draw / South Africa win
German DR–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.9%
  • 1–0 10.7%
  • 2–1 9.4%
  • 2–0 8.4%
  • 0–1 7.6%
Neutral venue
40% / 26% / 34%
German DR win / draw / South Africa win
German DR–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.0%
  • 0–1 9.0%
  • 2–1 8.6%
  • 1–2 7.8%
South Africa at home
32% / 26% / 42%
German DR win / draw / South Africa win
German DR–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.1%
  • 1–2 8.8%
  • 1–0 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.5%

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

 German DRSouth Africa
Current Elo17321694
Elo rank55th66th
Peak Elo1895 (1974)1792 (1996)
Matches played298484
All-time record140W 66D 92L216W 146D 122L
Goals for506652
Goals against361458
Biggest win12–1 vs Sri Lanka · 1964-01-12 · Friendly8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–5 vs Hungary · 1952-05-18 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.060.02

When they've met

German DR and South Africa have never played each other.