Head to head

Republic of Ireland vs South Africa

If they played today

Republic of Ireland at home

50% / 25% / 25%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / South Africa win

Republic of Ireland–South Africa

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 8.9%
0–1 7.1%

Neutral venue

42% / 26% / 32%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / South Africa win

Republic of Ireland–South Africa

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

South Africa at home

34% / 26% / 39%

Republic of Ireland win / draw / South Africa win

Republic of Ireland–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.8%

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

	Republic of Ireland	South Africa
Current Elo	1762	1694
Elo rank	49th	66th
Peak Elo	1927 (2002)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	633	484
All-time record	243W 179D 211L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	858	652
Goals against	769	458
Biggest win	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.09	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Republic of Ireland 2W 0D 0L

Goals

3–1

Republic of Ireland first

First meeting

2–1

Republic of Ireland won · 2000-06-11 · USA Cup

Most recent

1–0

Republic of Ireland won · 2009-09-08 · Friendly

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

2–1

2000-06-11 · USA Cup

South Africa's biggest win

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Never beaten Republic of Ireland

Current run

Won last 2

Republic of Ireland · since 2000-06-11

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-09-08	1–0	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly
2000-06-11	2–1	Neutral	USA Cup