Head to head

Panama vs South Africa

If they played today

Panama at home

51% / 24% / 24%

Panama win / draw / South Africa win

Panama–South Africa

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.0%
0–1 7.0%

Neutral venue

43% / 26% / 31%

Panama win / draw / South Africa win

Panama–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.5%
2–0 7.4%

South Africa at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Panama win / draw / South Africa win

Panama–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

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

	Panama	South Africa
Current Elo	1770	1694
Elo rank	47th	66th
Peak Elo	1891 (2025)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	542	484
All-time record	183W 133D 226L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	679	652
Goals against	826	458
Biggest win	13–0 vs Anguilla · 2021-06-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–11 vs Costa Rica · 1938-02-16 · Central American and Caribbean Games	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Panama 1W 2D 0L

Goals

4–3

Panama first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2005-07-17 · Gold Cup

Most recent

2–1

Panama won · 2026-03-31 · Friendly

Panama's biggest win

2–1

2026-03-31 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Panama

Most common result

1–1

Panama first · twice, last 2026-03-27

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Panama · since 2005-07-17

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-03-31	2–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2026-03-27	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2005-07-17	1–1	Neutral	Gold Cup