Head to head

Paraguay vs South Africa

If they played today

Paraguay at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Paraguay win / draw / South Africa win

Paraguay–South Africa

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

54% / 24% / 23%

Paraguay win / draw / South Africa win

Paraguay–South Africa

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.5%
0–1 6.6%

South Africa at home

45% / 25% / 29%

Paraguay win / draw / South Africa win

Paraguay–South Africa

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
0–1 8.0%
2–0 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

	Paraguay	South Africa
Current Elo	1901	1694
Elo rank	23rd	66th
Peak Elo	1927 (2025)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	788	484
All-time record	276W 210D 302L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1006	652
Goals against	1119	458
Biggest win	7–0 vs Hong Kong · 2010-11-17 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Argentina · 1926-10-20 · Copa América	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.23	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Paraguay 0W 3D 1L

Goals

4–7

Paraguay first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 2002-06-02 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2018-11-20 · Friendly

Paraguay's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Africa

South Africa's biggest win

3–0

2008-03-26 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Paraguay first · twice, last 2018-11-20

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

South Africa · since 2002-06-02

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-11-20	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2010-03-31	1–1	Paraguay home	Friendly
2008-03-26	0–3	South Africa home	Friendly
2002-06-02	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup