Head to head

Mozambique vs South Africa

If they played today

Mozambique at home

30% / 26% / 45%

Mozambique win / draw / South Africa win

Mozambique–South Africa

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.8%

Neutral venue

23% / 24% / 53%

Mozambique win / draw / South Africa win

Mozambique–South Africa

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

South Africa at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Mozambique win / draw / South Africa win

Mozambique–South Africa

0–1 11.5%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.9%

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

	Mozambique	South Africa
Current Elo	1495	1694
Elo rank	112th	66th
Peak Elo	1576 (2025)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	375	484
All-time record	118W 95D 162L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	387	652
Goals against	485	458
Biggest win	6–1 vs Lesotho · 1980-08-10 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Zimbabwe · 1980-04-20 · 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	0.09	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Mozambique 1W 2D 8L

Goals

6–20

Mozambique first

First meeting

2–3

South Africa won · 1995-09-30 · Friendly

Most recent

0–2

South Africa won · 2025-06-10 · Friendly

Mozambique's biggest win

1–0

2009-10-31 · COSAFA Cup

South Africa's biggest win

3–0

2021-07-16 · COSAFA Cup

Most common result

0–2

Mozambique first · 3 times, last 2025-06-10

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

South Africa · since 2012-09-11

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-06-10	0–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2022-11-17	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2022-07-13	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2021-07-16	0–3	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2016-11-15	1–1	Mozambique home	Friendly
2012-09-11	0–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2009-10-31	1–0	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2008-08-03	1–2	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2008-01-13	0–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2001-04-29	0–3	Mozambique home	COSAFA Cup
1995-09-30	2–3	South Africa home	Friendly