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Head to head

Northern Ireland vs South Africa

If they played today

Northern Ireland at home
43% / 26% / 31%
Northern Ireland win / draw / South Africa win
Northern Ireland–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.3%
  • 1–0 10.2%
  • 2–1 8.9%
  • 0–1 8.5%
  • 1–2 7.4%
Neutral venue
35% / 26% / 39%
Northern Ireland win / draw / South Africa win
Northern Ireland–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.2%
  • 1–2 8.5%
  • 2–1 7.9%
South Africa at home
28% / 25% / 47%
Northern Ireland win / draw / South Africa win
Northern Ireland–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 0–1 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 0–2 8.2%
  • 1–0 7.7%

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

 Northern IrelandSouth Africa
Current Elo16671694
Elo rank73rd66th
Peak Elo1758 (1986)1792 (1996)
Matches played707484
All-time record185W 160D 362L216W 146D 122L
Goals for741652
Goals against1296458
Biggest win7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.02

When they've met

Meetings
1
Northern Ireland 0W 0D 1L
Goals
1–2
Northern Ireland first
First meeting
1–2
South Africa won · 1924-09-24 · Friendly
Most recent
1–2
South Africa won · 1924-09-24 · Friendly
1 meeting
DateScoreVenueCompetition
1924-09-241–2Northern Ireland homeFriendly