Head to head

Kenya vs South Africa

If they played today

Kenya at home
28% / 25% / 47%
Kenya win / draw / South Africa win
Kenya–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 0–1 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 0–2 8.2%
  • 1–0 7.8%
Neutral venue
22% / 24% / 55%
Kenya win / draw / South Africa win
Kenya–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.2%
  • 0–1 11.2%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–2 9.7%
  • 1–0 6.4%
South Africa at home
16% / 21% / 63%
Kenya win / draw / South Africa win
Kenya–South Africa
  • 0–1 11.6%
  • 0–2 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.1%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 7.3%

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

 KenyaSouth Africa
Current Elo14721694
Elo rank123rd66th
Peak Elo1644 (1961)1792 (1996)
Matches played706484
All-time record268W 176D 262L216W 146D 122L
Goals for978652
Goals against958458
Biggest win10–0 vs Zanzibar · 1961-10-04 · Friendly8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss1–13 vs Uganda · 1932-08-25 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.02
African Cup of Nations won01
Expected African Cup of Nations0.200.71

When they've met

Meetings
4
Kenya 0W 1D 3L
Goals
2–6
Kenya first
First meeting
0–1
South Africa won · 1996-09-14 · Simba Tournament
Most recent
1–2
South Africa won · 2012-10-16 · Friendly
Kenya's biggest win
Never beaten South Africa
South Africa's biggest win
2–0
2011-02-09 · Friendly
Current run
Unbeaten in 4
South Africa · since 1996-09-14
4 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2012-10-161–2Kenya homeFriendly
2011-02-090–2South Africa homeFriendly
2002-10-231–1NeutralFriendly
1996-09-140–1South Africa homeSimba Tournament