Head to head

New Zealand vs South Africa

If they played today

New Zealand at home

44% / 26% / 30%

New Zealand win / draw / South Africa win

New Zealand–South Africa

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.2%
2–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

36% / 26% / 37%

New Zealand win / draw / South Africa win

New Zealand–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

South Africa at home

29% / 26% / 45%

New Zealand win / draw / South Africa win

New Zealand–South Africa

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
1–0 8.0%
0–2 7.9%

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

	New Zealand	South Africa
Current Elo	1689	1694
Elo rank	68th	66th
Peak Elo	1825 (2025)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	419	484
All-time record	172W 74D 173L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	733	652
Goals against	634	458
Biggest win	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

New Zealand 0W 1D 5L

Goals

9–26

New Zealand first

First meeting

5–6

South Africa won · 1947-06-28 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2014-05-30 · Friendly

New Zealand's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

6–0

1947-07-05 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

South Africa · since 1947-06-28

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-05-30	0–0	New Zealand home	Friendly
2009-06-17	0–2	South Africa home	Confederations Cup
1947-07-19	1–4	New Zealand home	Friendly
1947-07-12	3–8	New Zealand home	Friendly
1947-07-05	0–6	New Zealand home	Friendly
1947-06-28	5–6	New Zealand home	Friendly