Head to head

North Korea vs South Africa

If they played today

North Korea at home
30% / 26% / 45%
North Korea win / draw / South Africa win
North Korea–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 8.1%
  • 0–2 7.8%
Neutral venue
23% / 24% / 53%
North Korea win / draw / South Africa win
North Korea–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%
North Korea win / draw / South Africa win
North Korea–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

 North KoreaSouth Africa
Current Elo14941694
Elo rank114th66th
Peak Elo1779 (1980)1792 (1996)
Matches played390484
All-time record162W 106D 122L216W 146D 122L
Goals for628652
Goals against435458
Biggest win21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.030.02

When they've met

Meetings
1
North Korea 0W 1D 0L
Goals
0–0
North Korea first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 2010-04-22 · Friendly
Most recent
0–0
Drawn · 2010-04-22 · Friendly
1 meeting
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2010-04-220–0NeutralFriendly