Head to head

Norway vs South Africa

If they played today

Norway at home

70% / 19% / 12%

Norway win / draw / South Africa win

Norway–South Africa

2–0 12.9%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.5%
3–0 9.2%
1–1 8.9%

Neutral venue

62% / 21% / 16%

Norway win / draw / South Africa win

Norway–South Africa

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.3%
1–1 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.3%

South Africa at home

55% / 24% / 22%

Norway win / draw / South Africa win

Norway–South Africa

1–1 11.2%
1–0 11.2%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.7%
0–1 6.5%

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

	Norway	South Africa
Current Elo	2014	1694
Elo rank	11th	66th
Peak Elo	2034 (2026)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	878	484
All-time record	332W 196D 350L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1364	652
Goals against	1427	458
Biggest win	12–0 vs Finland · 1946-06-28 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–12 vs Denmark · 1917-10-07 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.11	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Norway 2W 0D 1L

Goals

3–2

Norway first

First meeting

1–2

South Africa won · 2009-03-28 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Norway won · 2013-01-08 · Friendly

Norway's biggest win

1–0

2013-01-08 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

2–1

2009-03-28 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

Norway first · twice, last 2013-01-08

Current run

Won last 2

Norway · since 2009-10-10

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-01-08	1–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2009-10-10	1–0	Norway home	Friendly
2009-03-28	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly