Head to head

South Africa vs Tonga

If they played today

South Africa at home

88% / 9% / 2%

South Africa win / draw / Tonga win

South Africa–Tonga

2–0 17.5%
3–0 16.2%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 11.2%
5–0 6.2%

Neutral venue

83% / 12% / 5%

South Africa win / draw / Tonga win

South Africa–Tonga

2–0 16.1%
3–0 13.8%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 8.9%
2–1 7.2%

Tonga at home

77% / 15% / 7%

South Africa win / draw / Tonga win

South Africa–Tonga

2–0 14.6%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 11.6%
2–1 8.5%
1–1 7.2%

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	Tonga
Current Elo	1694	1056
Elo rank	66th	198th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1478 (1979)
Matches played	484	68
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	16W 6D 46L
Goals for	652	81
Goals against	458	253
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	7–0 vs Micronesia · 2003-07-05 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–22 vs Australia · 2001-04-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.00

When they've met

South Africa and Tonga have never played each other.