Head to head

South Africa vs Sweden

If they played today

South Africa at home

37% / 26% / 37%

South Africa win / draw / Sweden win

South Africa–Sweden

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 26% / 45%

South Africa win / draw / Sweden win

South Africa–Sweden

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.9%

Sweden at home

23% / 24% / 53%

South Africa win / draw / Sweden win

South Africa–Sweden

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

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	Sweden
Current Elo	1694	1797
Elo rank	66th	41st
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1955 (2018)
Matches played	484	1105
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	542W 234D 329L
Goals for	652	2178
Goals against	458	1431
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	12–0 vs Latvia · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–10 vs Denmark · 1913-10-05 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.52

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 1W 0D 1L

Goals

1–3

South Africa first

First meeting

1–0

South Africa won · 1999-11-27 · Friendly

Most recent

0–3

Sweden won · 2001-08-15 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

1999-11-27 · Friendly

Sweden's biggest win

3–0

2001-08-15 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Sweden · since 2001-08-15

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2001-08-15	0–3	Sweden home	Friendly
1999-11-27	1–0	South Africa home	Friendly