Head to head

South Africa vs Turkey

If they played today

South Africa at home

28% / 25% / 47%

South Africa win / draw / Turkey win

South Africa–Turkey

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

21% / 24% / 55%

South Africa win / draw / Turkey win

South Africa–Turkey

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.2%
0–2 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Turkey at home

16% / 21% / 63%

South Africa win / draw / Turkey win

South Africa–Turkey

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.4%
1–1 10.1%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.4%

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	Turkey
Current Elo	1694	1920
Elo rank	66th	20th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1965 (2026)
Matches played	484	645
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	260W 152D 233L
Goals for	652	902
Goals against	458	909
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	7–0 vs San Marino · 1996-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–8 vs England · 1987-10-14 · UEFA Euro qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 1W 0D 0L

Goals

2–0

South Africa first

First meeting

2–0

South Africa won · 2002-05-23 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

South Africa won · 2002-05-23 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-05-23	2–0	Neutral	Friendly