Head to head

South Africa vs Syria

If they played today

South Africa at home
53% / 24% / 23%
South Africa win / draw / Syria win
South Africa–Syria
  • 1–1 11.5%
  • 1–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.3%
  • 0–1 6.8%
Neutral venue
44% / 26% / 30%
South Africa win / draw / Syria win
South Africa–Syria
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 0–1 8.2%
  • 2–0 7.7%
Syria at home
36% / 26% / 37%
South Africa win / draw / Syria win
South Africa–Syria
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.7%
  • 1–0 9.6%
  • 1–2 8.2%
  • 2–1 8.1%

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 AfricaSyria
Current Elo16941599
Elo rank66th83rd
Peak Elo1792 (1996)1719 (2017)
Matches played484484
All-time record216W 146D 122L173W 120D 191L
Goals for652692
Goals against458638
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.00

When they've met

South Africa and Syria have never played each other.