Head to head

Lesotho vs South Africa

If they played today

Lesotho at home

25% / 24% / 51%

Lesotho win / draw / South Africa win

Lesotho–South Africa

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

19% / 22% / 59%

Lesotho win / draw / South Africa win

Lesotho–South Africa

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

South Africa at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Lesotho win / draw / South Africa win

Lesotho–South Africa

0–2 12.2%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.5%
0–3 8.3%

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

	Lesotho	South Africa
Current Elo	1419	1694
Elo rank	143rd	66th
Peak Elo	1509 (1970)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	296	484
All-time record	54W 94D 148L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	230	652
Goals against	466	458
Biggest win	5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.00	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Lesotho 1W 5D 7L

Goals

6–19

Lesotho first

First meeting

0–2

South Africa won · 2000-04-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–3

South Africa won · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Lesotho's biggest win

3–0

2025-03-21 · FIFA World Cup qualification

South Africa's biggest win

4–0

2021-07-13 · COSAFA Cup

Most common result

0–0

Lesotho first · 3 times, last 2024-01-10

Current run

Won the last meeting

South Africa · since 2025-09-05

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-09-05	0–3	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2025-03-21	3–0	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-01-10	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2021-07-13	0–4	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2016-06-18	1–1	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2015-05-16	1–1	Lesotho home	Friendly
2015-05-14	0–0	Lesotho home	Friendly
2013-07-20	1–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2013-06-02	0–2	Lesotho home	Friendly
2006-05-10	0–0	Lesotho home	Friendly
2003-10-08	0–3	Lesotho home	Friendly
2000-04-22	0–1	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-04-09	0–2	Lesotho home	FIFA World Cup qualification