Head to head

Iraq vs South Africa

If they played today

Iraq at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Iraq win / draw / South Africa win

Iraq–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

35% / 26% / 38%

Iraq win / draw / South Africa win

Iraq–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 8.0%

South Africa at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Iraq win / draw / South Africa win

Iraq–South Africa

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.1%
1–0 7.8%

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

	Iraq	South Africa
Current Elo	1673	1694
Elo rank	72nd	66th
Peak Elo	1844 (1984)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	658	484
All-time record	304W 188D 166L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1006	652
Goals against	621	458
Biggest win	13–0 vs Ethiopia · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Chile · 2013-08-14 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Iraq 0W 1D 0L

Goals

0–0

Iraq first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2009-06-14 · Confederations Cup

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2009-06-14 · Confederations Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-06-14	0–0	South Africa home	Confederations Cup