Head to head

Malawi vs South Africa

If they played today

Malawi at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Malawi win / draw / South Africa win

Malawi–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.7%
1–0 7.3%

Neutral venue

20% / 23% / 57%

Malawi win / draw / South Africa win

Malawi–South Africa

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

South Africa at home

14% / 20% / 65%

Malawi win / draw / South Africa win

Malawi–South Africa

0–2 11.9%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.7%
0–3 8.0%

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

	Malawi	South Africa
Current Elo	1438	1694
Elo rank	136th	66th
Peak Elo	1669 (1985)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	644	484
All-time record	219W 182D 243L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	753	652
Goals against	832	458
Biggest win	8–1 vs Djibouti · 2008-05-31 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–12 vs Ghana · 1962-10-15 · Friendly	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	0.08	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Malawi 1W 4D 8L

Goals

4–18

Malawi first

First meeting

0–1

South Africa won · 1996-06-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2023-07-16 · COSAFA Cup

Malawi's biggest win

1–0

2001-07-21 · COSAFA Cup

South Africa's biggest win

3–0

2008-09-30 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

Malawi first · 4 times, last 2023-07-16

Current run

Unbeaten in 8

South Africa · since 2002-09-21

13 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-07-16	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2019-06-07	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2015-05-27	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2012-12-22	1–3	South Africa home	Friendly
2008-09-30	0–3	South Africa home	Friendly
2007-05-26	0–0	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2002-09-28	0–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2002-09-21	1–3	Malawi home	COSAFA Cup
2001-07-21	1–0	Malawi home	COSAFA Cup
2001-07-14	0–2	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-02-25	1–2	Malawi home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-06-15	0–3	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-06-01	0–1	Malawi home	FIFA World Cup qualification