Head to head

Guinea vs South Africa

If they played today

Guinea at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Guinea win / draw / South Africa win

Guinea–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

28% / 25% / 46%

Guinea win / draw / South Africa win

Guinea–South Africa

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.1%
1–0 7.9%

South Africa at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Guinea win / draw / South Africa win

Guinea–South Africa

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 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

	Guinea	South Africa
Current Elo	1579	1694
Elo rank	90th	66th
Peak Elo	1799 (1977)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	539	484
All-time record	200W 153D 186L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	730	652
Goals against	660	458
Biggest win	6–0 vs Vanuatu · 2024-03-21 · FIFA Series	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs DR Congo · 1972-07-02 · 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	0.66	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Guinea 2W 1D 0L

Goals

3–0

Guinea first

First meeting

2–0

Guinea won · 2006-01-22 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2022-03-25 · Friendly

Guinea's biggest win

2–0

2006-01-22 · African Cup of Nations

South Africa's biggest win

—

Never beaten Guinea

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Guinea · since 2006-01-22

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-03-25	0–0	Neutral	Friendly
2008-09-09	1–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2006-01-22	2–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations