Head to head

Samoa vs South Africa

If they played today

Samoa at home

13% / 20% / 67%

Samoa win / draw / South Africa win

Samoa–South Africa

0–2 12.2%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
0–3 8.4%

Neutral venue

9% / 17% / 74%

Samoa win / draw / South Africa win

Samoa–South Africa

0–2 13.7%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.3%
1–2 9.1%
1–1 8.1%

South Africa at home

6% / 14% / 80%

Samoa win / draw / South Africa win

Samoa–South Africa

0–2 15.2%
0–3 12.5%
0–1 12.4%
1–2 8.1%
0–4 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

	Samoa	South Africa
Current Elo	1216	1694
Elo rank	179th	66th
Peak Elo	1447 (1979)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	71	484
All-time record	22W 4D 45L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	99	652
Goals against	249	458
Biggest win	10–0 vs American Samoa · 2023-11-20 · Pacific Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Tahiti · 1981-07-08 · South Pacific Mini Games	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02

When they've met

Samoa and South Africa have never played each other.