Head to head

South Africa vs Turkmenistan

If they played today

South Africa at home
69% / 19% / 12%
South Africa win / draw / Turkmenistan win
South Africa–Turkmenistan
  • 2–0 12.7%
  • 1–0 12.0%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.1%
  • 3–0 8.9%
Neutral venue
61% / 22% / 17%
South Africa win / draw / Turkmenistan win
South Africa–Turkmenistan
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.1%
  • 1–1 10.3%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.1%
Turkmenistan at home
54% / 24% / 23%
South Africa win / draw / Turkmenistan win
South Africa–Turkmenistan
  • 1–1 11.4%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.5%
  • 0–1 6.6%

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 AfricaTurkmenistan
Current Elo16941387
Elo rank66th151st
Peak Elo1792 (1996)1584 (2004)
Matches played484175
All-time record216W 146D 122L64W 32D 79L
Goals for652265
Goals against458266
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly11–0 vs Afghanistan · 2003-11-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly1–6 vs Kuwait · 2000-02-10 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.00

When they've met

South Africa and Turkmenistan have never played each other.