Head to head

Maldives vs South Africa

If they played today

Maldives at home

6% / 14% / 81%

Maldives win / draw / South Africa win

Maldives–South Africa

0–2 15.5%
0–3 12.9%
0–1 12.4%
0–4 8.0%
1–2 7.8%

Neutral venue

3% / 11% / 86%

Maldives win / draw / South Africa win

Maldives–South Africa

0–2 16.9%
0–3 15.2%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 10.2%
1–2 6.3%

South Africa at home

2% / 8% / 90%

Maldives win / draw / South Africa win

Maldives–South Africa

0–2 18.3%
0–3 17.6%
0–4 12.8%
0–1 12.6%
0–5 7.4%

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

	Maldives	South Africa
Current Elo	997	1694
Elo rank	205th	66th
Peak Elo	1450 (1979)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	233	484
All-time record	63W 38D 132L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	277	652
Goals against	526	458
Biggest win	12–0 vs Mongolia · 2003-12-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–17 vs Iran · 1997-06-02 · 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

Maldives and South Africa have never played each other.