Head to head

South Africa vs Sri Lanka

If they played today

South Africa at home
90% / 8% / 2%
South Africa win / draw / Sri Lanka win
South Africa–Sri Lanka
  • 2–0 18.1%
  • 3–0 17.3%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 12.4%
  • 5–0 7.1%
Neutral venue
85% / 11% / 4%
South Africa win / draw / Sri Lanka win
South Africa–Sri Lanka
  • 2–0 16.7%
  • 3–0 14.9%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 9.9%
  • 2–1 6.5%
Sri Lanka at home
80% / 14% / 6%
South Africa win / draw / Sri Lanka win
South Africa–Sri Lanka
  • 2–0 15.3%
  • 3–0 12.6%
  • 1–0 12.4%
  • 2–1 8.0%
  • 4–0 7.8%

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 AfricaSri Lanka
Current Elo16941011
Elo rank66th202nd
Peak Elo1792 (1996)1489 (1952)
Matches played484251
All-time record216W 146D 122L49W 47D 155L
Goals for652237
Goals against458576
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly7–1 vs Pakistan · 2008-04-04 · AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly1–12 vs German DR · 1964-01-12 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.00

When they've met

South Africa and Sri Lanka have never played each other.