Head to head

Romania vs South Africa

If they played today

Romania at home
45% / 26% / 29%
Romania win / draw / South Africa win
Romania–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 0–1 8.0%
  • 2–0 7.9%
Neutral venue
37% / 26% / 36%
Romania win / draw / South Africa win
Romania–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 9.6%
  • 2–1 8.2%
  • 1–2 8.1%
South Africa at home
30% / 26% / 44%
Romania win / draw / South Africa win
Romania–South Africa
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 8.2%
  • 0–2 7.7%

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

 RomaniaSouth Africa
Current Elo16991694
Elo rank65th66th
Peak Elo1934 (2007)1792 (1996)
Matches played766484
All-time record335W 195D 236L216W 146D 122L
Goals for1239652
Goals against977458
Biggest win9–0 vs Finland · 1973-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–9 vs Hungary · 1948-06-06 · Balkan Cup3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.210.02

When they've met

Romania and South Africa have never played each other.