Head to head

Mauritania vs South Africa

If they played today

Mauritania at home

26% / 25% / 49%

Mauritania win / draw / South Africa win

Mauritania–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

20% / 23% / 57%

Mauritania win / draw / South Africa win

Mauritania–South Africa

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

South Africa at home

15% / 21% / 65%

Mauritania win / draw / South Africa win

Mauritania–South Africa

0–1 11.8%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.8%

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

	Mauritania	South Africa
Current Elo	1445	1694
Elo rank	132nd	66th
Peak Elo	1530 (2023)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	273	484
All-time record	52W 71D 150L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	198	652
Goals against	434	458
Biggest win	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship 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	0.02	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Mauritania 1W 1D 0L

Goals

4–2

Mauritania first

First meeting

3–1

Mauritania won · 2015-09-05 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2016-09-02 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Mauritania's biggest win

3–1

2015-09-05 · African Cup of Nations qualification

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Mauritania

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Mauritania · since 2015-09-05

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-09-02	1–1	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2015-09-05	3–1	Mauritania home	African Cup of Nations qualification