Head to head

Germany vs South Africa

If they played today

Germany at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Germany win / draw / South Africa win

Germany–South Africa

2–0 12.5%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
3–0 8.8%

Neutral venue

61% / 22% / 17%

Germany win / draw / South Africa win

Germany–South Africa

1–0 11.5%
2–0 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.9%

South Africa at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Germany win / draw / South Africa win

Germany–South Africa

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

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

	Germany	South Africa
Current Elo	1993	1694
Elo rank	14th	66th
Peak Elo	2267 (2014)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	1035	484
All-time record	601W 214D 220L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	2331	652
Goals against	1203	458
Biggest win	16–0 vs Russia · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Spain · 2020-11-17 · UEFA Nations League	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	4	0
Expected World Cups	2.12	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Germany 3W 1D 0L

Goals

9–2

Germany first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1995-12-15 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Germany won · 2009-09-05 · Friendly

Germany's biggest win

3–0

1997-11-15 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Germany

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Germany · since 1995-12-15

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-09-05	2–0	Germany home	Friendly
2005-09-07	4–2	Germany home	Friendly
1997-11-15	3–0	Germany home	Friendly
1995-12-15	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly