Head to head

Namibia vs South Africa

If they played today

Namibia at home

25% / 25% / 51%

Namibia win / draw / South Africa win

Namibia–South Africa

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

19% / 23% / 59%

Namibia win / draw / South Africa win

Namibia–South Africa

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.4%

South Africa at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Namibia win / draw / South Africa win

Namibia–South Africa

0–2 12.1%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.6%
0–3 8.2%

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

	Namibia	South Africa
Current Elo	1424	1694
Elo rank	142nd	66th
Peak Elo	1619 (2024)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	279	484
All-time record	70W 80D 129L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	273	652
Goals against	397	458
Biggest win	8–2 vs Benin · 2000-07-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	2–8 vs Egypt · 2001-07-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification	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	0.03	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Namibia 1W 5D 8L

Goals

10–24

Namibia first

First meeting

3–2

Namibia won · 1998-01-24 · COSAFA Cup qualification

Most recent

0–4

South Africa won · 2024-01-21 · African Cup of Nations

Namibia's biggest win

3–2

1998-01-24 · COSAFA Cup qualification

South Africa's biggest win

4–0

2024-01-21 · African Cup of Nations

Most common result

1–1

Namibia first · 4 times, last 2023-07-05

Current run

Unbeaten in 13

South Africa · since 1998-02-16

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-01-21	0–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2023-09-09	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2023-07-05	1–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2020-10-08	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2019-06-28	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2018-06-05	1–4	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2017-07-07	0–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2013-07-13	1–2	Neutral	COSAFA Cup
2010-03-03	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2008-07-26	0–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2006-08-16	0–1	Namibia home	Friendly
1999-07-31	1–1	Namibia home	COSAFA Cup
1998-02-16	1–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1998-01-24	3–2	Namibia home	COSAFA Cup qualification