Head to head

Italy vs South Africa

If they played today

Italy at home

63% / 21% / 16%

Italy win / draw / South Africa win

Italy–South Africa

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.4%
1–1 10.1%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

55% / 23% / 21%

Italy win / draw / South Africa win

Italy–South Africa

1–0 11.2%
1–1 11.2%
2–0 9.8%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

South Africa at home

47% / 25% / 28%

Italy win / draw / South Africa win

Italy–South Africa

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 7.7%

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

	Italy	South Africa
Current Elo	1922	1694
Elo rank	19th	66th
Peak Elo	2140 (2021)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	893	484
All-time record	477W 243D 173L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1565	652
Goals against	876	458
Biggest win	10–0 vs United States · 1975-04-02 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1924-04-06 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	4	0
Expected World Cups	1.66	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Italy 2W 0D 0L

Goals

3–0

Italy first

First meeting

1–0

Italy won · 2001-04-25 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Italy won · 2007-10-17 · Friendly

Italy's biggest win

2–0

2007-10-17 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Italy

Current run

Won last 2

Italy · since 2001-04-25

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2007-10-17	2–0	Italy home	Friendly
2001-04-25	1–0	Italy home	Friendly