Head to head

Japan vs South Africa

If they played today

Japan at home

67% / 20% / 13%

Japan win / draw / South Africa win

Japan–South Africa

2–0 12.2%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
3–0 8.4%

Neutral venue

59% / 22% / 18%

Japan win / draw / South Africa win

Japan–South Africa

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.6%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

South Africa at home

51% / 24% / 24%

Japan win / draw / South Africa win

Japan–South Africa

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 7.0%

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

	Japan	South Africa
Current Elo	1973	1694
Elo rank	15th	66th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	794	484
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1451	652
Goals against	915	458
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 0W 1D 0L

Goals

0–0

Japan first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2009-11-14 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2009-11-14 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-11-14	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly