Head to head

South Africa vs Timor-Leste

If they played today

South Africa at home

94% / 5% / 0%

South Africa win / draw / Timor-Leste win

South Africa–Timor-Leste

3–0 20.4%
2–0 19.7%
4–0 15.9%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 9.9%

Neutral venue

91% / 8% / 1%

South Africa win / draw / Timor-Leste win

South Africa–Timor-Leste

2–0 18.4%
3–0 17.9%
4–0 13.0%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 7.6%

Timor-Leste at home

87% / 10% / 3%

South Africa win / draw / Timor-Leste win

South Africa–Timor-Leste

2–0 17.1%
3–0 15.4%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 10.5%
2–1 6.1%

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 Africa	Timor-Leste
Current Elo	1694	888
Elo rank	66th	215th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1467 (2003)
Matches played	484	90
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	9W 5D 76L
Goals for	652	71
Goals against	458	299
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	5–1 vs Cambodia · 2012-10-05 · AFF Championship qualification
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–10 vs Thailand · 2024-12-08 · ASEAN Championship
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.00

When they've met

South Africa and Timor-Leste have never played each other.