Head to head

Madagascar vs South Africa

If they played today

Madagascar at home

31% / 26% / 44%

Madagascar win / draw / South Africa win

Madagascar–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.6%

Neutral venue

24% / 24% / 52%

Madagascar win / draw / South Africa win

Madagascar–South Africa

1–1 11.6%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 6.9%

South Africa at home

18% / 22% / 60%

Madagascar win / draw / South Africa win

Madagascar–South Africa

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.7%

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

	Madagascar	South Africa
Current Elo	1511	1694
Elo rank	108th	66th
Peak Elo	1645 (1993)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	320	484
All-time record	118W 73D 129L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	434	652
Goals against	484	458
Biggest win	8–1 vs Congo · 1960-04-18 · African Friendship Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs DR Congo · 1965-07-19 · All-African Games	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	<0.01	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Madagascar 0W 2D 4L

Goals

1–6

Madagascar first

First meeting

0–1

South Africa won · 2002-05-12 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

South Africa won · 2022-07-15 · COSAFA Cup

Madagascar's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2003-03-29 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

Madagascar first · twice, last 2018-06-03

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

South Africa · since 2002-05-12

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-07-15	1–2	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2018-06-03	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2009-09-19	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2003-03-29	0–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2002-07-21	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2002-05-12	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly