Head to head

Netherlands vs South Africa

If they played today

Netherlands at home

72% / 18% / 10%

Netherlands win / draw / South Africa win

Netherlands–South Africa

2–0 13.4%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.8%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

Neutral venue

65% / 21% / 15%

Netherlands win / draw / South Africa win

Netherlands–South Africa

2–0 11.8%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
3–0 7.9%

South Africa at home

57% / 23% / 20%

Netherlands win / draw / South Africa win

Netherlands–South Africa

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Netherlands	South Africa
Current Elo	2048	1694
Elo rank	8th	66th
Peak Elo	2198 (2014)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	883	484
All-time record	455W 200D 228L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1852	652
Goals against	1081	458
Biggest win	11–0 vs San Marino · 2011-09-02 · UEFA Euro qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Germany · 1959-10-21 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.83	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Netherlands 3W 0D 0L

Goals

13–4

Netherlands first

First meeting

2–1

Netherlands won · 1924-11-02 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Netherlands won · 1997-06-04 · Friendly

Netherlands' biggest win

9–3

1958-11-12 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

—

Never beaten Netherlands

Current run

Won last 3

Netherlands · since 1924-11-02

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1997-06-04	2–0	South Africa home	Friendly
1958-11-12	9–3	Netherlands home	Friendly
1924-11-02	2–1	Netherlands home	Friendly