Head to head

Saudi Arabia vs South Africa

If they played today

Saudi Arabia at home

46% / 25% / 29%

Saudi Arabia win / draw / South Africa win

Saudi Arabia–South Africa

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
2–0 8.0%
0–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

38% / 26% / 36%

Saudi Arabia win / draw / South Africa win

Saudi Arabia–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.5%
2–1 8.3%
1–2 8.1%

South Africa at home

30% / 26% / 44%

Saudi Arabia win / draw / South Africa win

Saudi Arabia–South Africa

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

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

	Saudi Arabia	South Africa
Current Elo	1705	1694
Elo rank	62nd	66th
Peak Elo	1830 (2008)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	744	484
All-time record	351W 172D 221L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1139	652
Goals against	782	458
Biggest win	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Saudi Arabia 1W 2D 1L

Goals

3–3

Saudi Arabia first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1998-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–0

Saudi Arabia won · 2002-03-20 · Friendly

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

1–0

2002-03-20 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

1999-09-19 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Saudi Arabia · since 1999-09-30

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-03-20	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
1999-09-30	0–0	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly
1999-09-19	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
1998-06-24	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup