Head to head

South Africa vs Switzerland

If they played today

South Africa at home
22% / 24% / 54%
South Africa win / draw / Switzerland win
South Africa–Switzerland
  • 1–1 11.3%
  • 0–1 11.1%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–2 9.6%
  • 1–0 6.5%
Neutral venue
17% / 22% / 62%
South Africa win / draw / Switzerland win
South Africa–Switzerland
  • 0–1 11.6%
  • 0–2 11.2%
  • 1–1 10.2%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 7.2%
Switzerland at home
12% / 19% / 69%
South Africa win / draw / Switzerland win
South Africa–Switzerland
  • 0–2 12.7%
  • 0–1 12.0%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 0–3 9.0%
  • 1–1 9.0%

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 AfricaSwitzerland
Current Elo16942007
Elo rank66th13th
Peak Elo1792 (1996)2028 (2026)
Matches played484890
All-time record216W 146D 122L319W 206D 365L
Goals for6521330
Goals against4581451
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly9–0 vs Lithuania · 1924-05-25 · Olympic Games
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly0–9 vs Hungary · 1911-10-29 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.22

When they've met

South Africa and Switzerland have never played each other.