Head to head

South Africa vs Tanzania

If they played today

South Africa at home

67% / 20% / 14%

South Africa win / draw / Tanzania win

South Africa–Tanzania

2–0 12.2%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.5%
3–0 8.3%

Neutral venue

59% / 22% / 19%

South Africa win / draw / Tanzania win

South Africa–Tanzania

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
2–0 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.5%

Tanzania at home

51% / 24% / 24%

South Africa win / draw / Tanzania win

South Africa–Tanzania

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.0%
0–1 7.0%

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 Africa	Tanzania
Current Elo	1694	1418
Elo rank	66th	144th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1560 (1982)
Matches played	484	599
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	163W 171D 265L
Goals for	652	660
Goals against	458	892
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	7–0 vs Somalia · 2012-12-01 · CECAFA Cup
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	1–10 vs Egypt · 1973-07-16 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	1	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.71	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 1W 2D 1L

Goals

2–2

South Africa first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2002-10-26 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2025-06-06 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

1–0

2011-05-14 · Friendly

Tanzania's biggest win

1–0

2017-07-02 · COSAFA Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Tanzania · since 2017-07-02

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-06-06	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
2017-07-02	0–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2011-05-14	1–0	Tanzania home	Friendly
2002-10-26	1–1	Tanzania home	Friendly