Head to head

Sierra Leone vs South Africa

If they played today

Sierra Leone at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Sierra Leone win / draw / South Africa win

Sierra Leone–South Africa

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

22% / 24% / 55%

Sierra Leone win / draw / South Africa win

Sierra Leone–South Africa

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

South Africa at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Sierra Leone win / draw / South Africa win

Sierra Leone–South Africa

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.3%
1–1 10.1%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.3%

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

	Sierra Leone	South Africa
Current Elo	1472	1694
Elo rank	122nd	66th
Peak Elo	1654 (1996)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	301	484
All-time record	91W 78D 132L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	290	652
Goals against	415	458
Biggest win	5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.02
African Cup of Nations won	0	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.11	0.71

When they've met

Meetings

Sierra Leone 1W 3D 1L

Goals

1–4

Sierra Leone first

First meeting

1–0

Sierra Leone won · 2008-06-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–4

South Africa won · 2022-09-24 · Friendly

Sierra Leone's biggest win

1–0

2008-06-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

South Africa's biggest win

4–0

2022-09-24 · Friendly

Most common result

0–0

Sierra Leone first · 3 times, last 2011-10-08

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

South Africa · since 2008-06-21

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-09-24	0–4	South Africa home	Friendly
2011-10-08	0–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2010-10-10	0–0	Sierra Leone home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2008-06-21	0–0	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-14	1–0	Sierra Leone home	FIFA World Cup qualification