Head to head

Iceland vs South Africa

If they played today

Iceland at home

40% / 26% / 33%

Iceland win / draw / South Africa win

Iceland–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

33% / 26% / 41%

Iceland win / draw / South Africa win

Iceland–South Africa

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

South Africa at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Iceland win / draw / South Africa win

Iceland–South Africa

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

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

	Iceland	South Africa
Current Elo	1639	1694
Elo rank	81st	66th
Peak Elo	1885 (2017)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	522	484
All-time record	159W 102D 261L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	632	652
Goals against	876	458
Biggest win	9–0 vs Faroe Islands · 1985-07-10 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–14 vs Denmark · 1967-08-23 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Iceland 2W 1D 0L

Goals

6–2

Iceland first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1998-06-06 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Iceland won · 2009-10-13 · Friendly

Iceland's biggest win

4–1

2005-08-17 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Iceland

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Iceland · since 1998-06-06

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-10-13	1–0	Iceland home	Friendly
2005-08-17	4–1	Iceland home	Friendly
1998-06-06	1–1	Neutral	Friendly