Head to head

South Africa vs Tunisia

If they played today

South Africa at home

48% / 25% / 27%

South Africa win / draw / Tunisia win

South Africa–Tunisia

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

39% / 26% / 34%

South Africa win / draw / Tunisia win

South Africa–Tunisia

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.1%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.8%

Tunisia at home

32% / 26% / 42%

South Africa win / draw / Tunisia win

South Africa–Tunisia

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.6%
2–1 7.5%

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	Tunisia
Current Elo	1694	1661
Elo rank	66th	75th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1862 (2023)
Matches played	484	681
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	296W 189D 196L
Goals for	652	976
Goals against	458	702
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	8–1 vs Djibouti · 2015-06-12 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–7 vs Serbia · 1960-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.05
African Cup of Nations won	1	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.71	2.27

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 2W 2D 3L

Goals

7–9

South Africa first

First meeting

2–0

South Africa won · 1996-02-03 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2024-01-24 · African Cup of Nations

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2004-08-18 · Friendly

Tunisia's biggest win

3–1

2008-01-27 · African Cup of Nations

Most common result

0–2

South Africa first · twice, last 2006-01-26

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Tunisia · since 2006-01-26

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-01-24	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2008-01-27	1–3	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2006-01-26	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2004-08-18	2–0	Tunisia home	Friendly
2003-11-19	0–2	Tunisia home	Friendly
2000-02-12	2–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1996-02-03	2–0	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations