Head to head

South Africa vs South Korea

If they played today

South Africa at home

33% / 26% / 41%

South Africa win / draw / South Korea win

South Africa–South Korea

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

South Africa win / draw / South Korea win

South Africa–South Korea

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

South Korea at home

20% / 23% / 57%

South Africa win / draw / South Korea win

South Africa–South Korea

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

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

	South Africa	South Korea
Current Elo	1694	1842
Elo rank	66th	33rd
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	484	1010
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	652	1794
Goals against	458	917
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 1W 0D 0L

Goals

1–0

South Africa first

First meeting

1–0

South Africa won · 2026-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–0

South Africa won · 2026-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-24	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup