Head to head

Jamaica vs South Africa

If they played today

Jamaica at home
42% / 26% / 32%
Jamaica win / draw / South Africa win
Jamaica–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.1%
  • 2–1 8.8%
  • 0–1 8.7%
  • 1–2 7.6%
Neutral venue
34% / 26% / 40%
Jamaica win / draw / South Africa win
Jamaica–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.0%
  • 1–0 9.0%
  • 1–2 8.6%
  • 2–1 7.7%
South Africa at home
27% / 25% / 48%
Jamaica win / draw / South Africa win
Jamaica–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.9%
  • 0–1 10.7%
  • 1–2 9.4%
  • 0–2 8.5%
  • 1–0 7.5%

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

 JamaicaSouth Africa
Current Elo16531694
Elo rank77th66th
Peak Elo1799 (2011)1792 (1996)
Matches played663484
All-time record258W 154D 251L216W 146D 122L
Goals for882652
Goals against874458
Biggest win12–0 vs Saint Martin · 2004-11-24 · CFU Caribbean Cup qualification8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–9 vs Costa Rica · 1999-02-24 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups<0.010.02

When they've met

Meetings
6
Jamaica 0W 4D 2L
Goals
4–7
Jamaica first
First meeting
1–1
Drawn · 1999-05-09 · Friendly
Most recent
0–1
South Africa won · 2026-06-06 · Friendly
Jamaica's biggest win
Never beaten South Africa
South Africa's biggest win
2–0
2010-04-28 · Friendly
Most common result
0–0
Jamaica first · twice, last 2009-11-17
Current run
Unbeaten in 6
South Africa · since 1999-05-09
6 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2026-06-060–1NeutralFriendly
2010-04-280–2NeutralFriendly
2009-11-170–0South Africa homeFriendly
2005-07-103–3NeutralGold Cup
2003-04-300–0South Africa homeFriendly
1999-05-091–1Jamaica homeFriendly