Head to head

Libya vs South Africa

If they played today

Libya at home
32% / 26% / 42%
Libya win / draw / South Africa win
Libya–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 0–1 10.2%
  • 1–2 8.8%
  • 1–0 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.5%
Neutral venue
25% / 25% / 50%
Libya win / draw / South Africa win
Libya–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.7%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.8%
  • 1–0 7.2%
South Africa at home
19% / 23% / 58%
Libya win / draw / South Africa win
Libya–South Africa
  • 0–1 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.8%
  • 0–2 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 6.3%

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

 LibyaSouth Africa
Current Elo15311694
Elo rank101st66th
Peak Elo1701 (2012)1792 (1996)
Matches played384484
All-time record143W 92D 149L216W 146D 122L
Goals for500652
Goals against466458
Biggest win21–0 vs Oman · 1966-04-03 · Arab Cup8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–6 vs Lithuania · 1966-05-25 · 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 Nations0.160.71

When they've met

Meetings
2
Libya 0W 1D 1L
Goals
1–2
Libya first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 2018-09-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Most recent
1–2
South Africa won · 2019-03-24 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Libya's biggest win
Never beaten South Africa
South Africa's biggest win
2–1
2019-03-24 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Current run
Unbeaten in 2
South Africa · since 2018-09-08
2 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2019-03-241–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
2018-09-080–0South Africa homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification