Head to head

Poland vs South Africa

If they played today

Poland at home

52% / 24% / 24%

Poland win / draw / South Africa win

Poland–South Africa

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.2%
0–1 6.9%

Neutral venue

44% / 26% / 31%

Poland win / draw / South Africa win

Poland–South Africa

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 7.6%

South Africa at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Poland win / draw / South Africa win

Poland–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

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

	Poland	South Africa
Current Elo	1779	1694
Elo rank	44th	66th
Peak Elo	1937 (1975)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	892	484
All-time record	384W 225D 283L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1499	652
Goals against	1201	458
Biggest win	10–0 vs San Marino · 2009-04-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Denmark · 1948-06-26 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.24	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Poland 1W 0D 1L

Goals

1–1

Poland first

First meeting

0–1

South Africa won · 2009-06-06 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Poland won · 2012-10-12 · Friendly

Poland's biggest win

1–0

2012-10-12 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

2009-06-06 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Poland · since 2012-10-12

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-10-12	1–0	Poland home	Friendly
2009-06-06	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly