Head to head

Niger vs South Africa

If they played today

Niger at home
30% / 26% / 44%
Niger win / draw / South Africa win
Niger–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 8.2%
  • 0–2 7.7%
Neutral venue
23% / 24% / 53%
Niger win / draw / South Africa win
Niger–South Africa
  • 1–1 11.5%
  • 0–1 11.0%
  • 1–2 9.7%
  • 0–2 9.3%
  • 1–0 6.8%
South Africa at home
18% / 22% / 60%
Niger win / draw / South Africa win
Niger–South Africa
  • 0–1 11.5%
  • 0–2 10.9%
  • 1–1 10.5%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 6.8%

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

 NigerSouth Africa
Current Elo15001694
Elo rank110th66th
Peak Elo1532 (2025)1792 (1996)
Matches played260484
All-time record61W 62D 137L216W 146D 122L
Goals for256652
Goals against423458
Biggest win7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss1–9 vs Ghana · 1969-09-21 · African Cup of Nations qualification3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.000.02
African Cup of Nations won01
Expected African Cup of Nations0.010.71

When they've met

Meetings
2
Niger 1W 0D 1L
Goals
2–3
Niger first
First meeting
0–2
South Africa won · 2010-09-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Most recent
2–1
Niger won · 2011-09-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Niger's biggest win
2–1
2011-09-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification
South Africa's biggest win
2–0
2010-09-04 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Current run
Won the last meeting
Niger · since 2011-09-04
2 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2011-09-042–1Niger homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
2010-09-040–2South Africa homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification