Head to head

South Africa vs Spain

If they played today

South Africa at home

8% / 16% / 77%

South Africa win / draw / Spain win

South Africa–Spain

0–2 14.5%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.4%
1–2 8.6%
1–1 7.3%

Neutral venue

5% / 13% / 83%

South Africa win / draw / Spain win

South Africa–Spain

0–2 16.0%
0–3 13.6%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 8.7%
1–2 7.4%

Spain at home

3% / 10% / 88%

South Africa win / draw / Spain win

South Africa–Spain

0–2 17.4%
0–3 16.0%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 11.0%
0–5 6.1%

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	Spain
Current Elo	1694	2324
Elo rank	66th	1st
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	2324 (2026)
Matches played	484	791
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	468W 183D 140L
Goals for	652	1616
Goals against	458	704
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	13–0 vs Bulgaria · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	1–7 vs England · 1931-12-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.02	1.28

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 1W 0D 3L

Goals

5–8

South Africa first

First meeting

2–3

Spain won · 2002-06-12 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–0

South Africa won · 2013-11-19 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

2013-11-19 · Friendly

Spain's biggest win

2–0

2009-06-20 · Confederations Cup

Most common result

2–3

South Africa first · twice, last 2009-06-28

Current run

Won the last meeting

South Africa · since 2013-11-19

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-11-19	1–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2009-06-28	2–3	South Africa home	Confederations Cup
2009-06-20	0–2	South Africa home	Confederations Cup
2002-06-12	2–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup