Head to head

Malaysia vs South Africa

If they played today

Malaysia at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Malaysia win / draw / South Africa win

Malaysia–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

20% / 23% / 57%

Malaysia win / draw / South Africa win

Malaysia–South Africa

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

South Africa at home

15% / 21% / 65%

Malaysia win / draw / South Africa win

Malaysia–South Africa

0–2 11.8%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
0–3 7.9%

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

	Malaysia	South Africa
Current Elo	1441	1694
Elo rank	135th	66th
Peak Elo	1641 (1977)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	841	484
All-time record	330W 192D 319L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1370	652
Goals against	1218	458
Biggest win	15–1 vs Philippines · 1962-08-26 · Asian Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–10 vs United Arab Emirates · 2015-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02

When they've met

Malaysia and South Africa have never played each other.