Head to head

Scotland vs South Africa

If they played today

Scotland at home

55% / 24% / 22%

Scotland win / draw / South Africa win

Scotland–South Africa

1–1 11.2%
1–0 11.2%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.7%
0–1 6.4%

Neutral venue

47% / 25% / 28%

Scotland win / draw / South Africa win

Scotland–South Africa

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.8%

South Africa at home

38% / 26% / 35%

Scotland win / draw / South Africa win

Scotland–South Africa

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.3%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 8.0%

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

	Scotland	South Africa
Current Elo	1815	1694
Elo rank	37th	66th
Peak Elo	1875 (2023)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	854	484
All-time record	403W 182D 269L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1455	652
Goals against	1054	458
Biggest win	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.21	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Scotland 1W 0D 1L

Goals

1–2

Scotland first

First meeting

0–2

South Africa won · 2002-05-20 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Scotland won · 2007-08-22 · Friendly

Scotland's biggest win

1–0

2007-08-22 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2002-05-20 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Scotland · since 2007-08-22

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2007-08-22	1–0	Scotland home	Friendly
2002-05-20	0–2	Neutral	Friendly