Head to head

Portugal vs South Africa

If they played today

Portugal at home

72% / 18% / 10%

Portugal win / draw / South Africa win

Portugal–South Africa

2–0 13.4%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.9%
2–1 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

Neutral venue

65% / 20% / 14%

Portugal win / draw / South Africa win

Portugal–South Africa

2–0 11.9%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.7%
3–0 8.0%

South Africa at home

58% / 23% / 20%

Portugal win / draw / South Africa win

Portugal–South Africa

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Portugal	South Africa
Current Elo	2051	1694
Elo rank	7th	66th
Peak Elo	2095 (2022)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	700	484
All-time record	351W 161D 188L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1235	652
Goals against	781	458
Biggest win	9–0 vs Luxembourg · 2023-09-11 · UEFA Euro qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–10 vs England · 1947-05-25 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.36	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Portugal 2W 0D 0L

Goals

5–1

Portugal first

First meeting

3–1

Portugal won · 1953-11-22 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Portugal won · 2009-03-31 · Friendly

Portugal's biggest win

3–1

1953-11-22 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Portugal

Current run

Won last 2

Portugal · since 1953-11-22

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-03-31	2–0	Neutral	Friendly
1953-11-22	3–1	Portugal home	Friendly