Head to head

Senegal vs South Africa

If they played today

Senegal at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Senegal win / draw / South Africa win

Senegal–South Africa

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

52% / 24% / 24%

Senegal win / draw / South Africa win

Senegal–South Africa

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.2%
0–1 6.9%

South Africa at home

44% / 26% / 30%

Senegal win / draw / South Africa win

Senegal–South Africa

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

	Senegal	South Africa
Current Elo	1881	1694
Elo rank	27th	66th
Peak Elo	1953 (2026)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	642	484
All-time record	299W 169D 174L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	892	652
Goals against	608	458
Biggest win	8–0 vs Kenya · 2025-11-18 · Friendly	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–5 vs Guinea · 1966-03-06 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	1	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	1.85	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Senegal 4W 5D 1L

Goals

12–8

Senegal first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2002-11-19 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2021-07-18 · COSAFA Cup

Senegal's biggest win

2–0

2017-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

2015-09-08 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Senegal first · 3 times, last 2015-01-23

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Senegal · since 2017-11-10

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-07-18	0–0	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2017-11-14	2–1	Senegal home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-11-10	2–0	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2015-09-08	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2015-01-23	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2012-02-29	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2008-01-31	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2005-11-12	3–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2004-01-18	2–1	Senegal home	Friendly
2002-11-19	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly