Head to head

Ivory Coast vs South Africa

If they played today

Ivory Coast at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Ivory Coast win / draw / South Africa win

Ivory Coast–South Africa

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

49% / 25% / 26%

Ivory Coast win / draw / South Africa win

Ivory Coast–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

South Africa at home

41% / 26% / 33%

Ivory Coast win / draw / South Africa win

Ivory Coast–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 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

	Ivory Coast	South Africa
Current Elo	1843	1694
Elo rank	32nd	66th
Peak Elo	1974 (2013)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	640	484
All-time record	327W 162D 151L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1047	652
Goals against	638	458
Biggest win	9–0 vs Seychelles · 2023-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Netherlands · 2017-06-04 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	3	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	3.20	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Ivory Coast 1W 5D 2L

Goals

5–7

Ivory Coast first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1994-11-30 · Simba Tournament

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2023-10-17 · Friendly

Ivory Coast's biggest win

1–0

2019-06-24 · African Cup of Nations

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2014-11-30 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Ivory Coast first · 3 times, last 2023-10-17

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Ivory Coast · since 2019-06-24

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-10-17	1–1	Ivory Coast home	Friendly
2019-06-24	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2014-11-30	0–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2011-11-12	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2003-06-22	1–2	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2002-09-08	0–0	Ivory Coast home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1998-02-11	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1994-11-30	0–0	South Africa home	Simba Tournament