Head to head

Mali vs South Africa

If they played today

Mali at home

46% / 25% / 28%

Mali win / draw / South Africa win

Mali–South Africa

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

38% / 26% / 36%

Mali win / draw / South Africa win

Mali–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.4%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.0%

South Africa at home

31% / 26% / 44%

Mali win / draw / South Africa win

Mali–South Africa

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.3%
0–2 7.6%

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

	Mali	South Africa
Current Elo	1709	1694
Elo rank	60th	66th
Peak Elo	1773 (2024)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	569	484
All-time record	232W 151D 186L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	746	652
Goals against	626	458
Biggest win	6–0 vs Eswatini · 2024-11-19 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1988-11-13 · 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	0.67	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Mali 2W 1D 2L

Goals

6–6

Mali first

First meeting

2–0

Mali won · 2002-02-03 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

2–0

Mali won · 2024-01-16 · African Cup of Nations

Mali's biggest win

2–0

2024-01-16 · African Cup of Nations

South Africa's biggest win

3–0

2015-01-14 · Friendly

Most common result

2–0

Mali first · twice, last 2024-01-16

Current run

Won the last meeting

Mali · since 2024-01-16

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-01-16	2–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2019-10-13	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2015-01-14	0–3	Neutral	Friendly
2013-02-02	1–1	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations
2002-02-03	2–0	Mali home	African Cup of Nations