Head to head

Nicaragua vs South Africa

If they played today

Nicaragua at home

29% / 26% / 45%

Nicaragua win / draw / South Africa win

Nicaragua–South Africa

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.9%

Neutral venue

23% / 24% / 53%

Nicaragua win / draw / South Africa win

Nicaragua–South Africa

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

South Africa at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Nicaragua win / draw / South Africa win

Nicaragua–South Africa

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

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

	Nicaragua	South Africa
Current Elo	1491	1694
Elo rank	115th	66th
Peak Elo	1539 (2024)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	222	484
All-time record	51W 27D 144L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	234	652
Goals against	534	458
Biggest win	7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Nicaragua 0W 1D 0L

Goals

0–0

Nicaragua first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2026-05-29 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2026-05-29 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-05-29	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly