Head to head

South Africa vs Uganda

If they played today

South Africa at home

59% / 22% / 18%

South Africa win / draw / Uganda win

South Africa–Uganda

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

51% / 24% / 24%

South Africa win / draw / Uganda win

South Africa–Uganda

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 7.0%

Uganda at home

43% / 26% / 31%

South Africa win / draw / Uganda win

South Africa–Uganda

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 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	Uganda
Current Elo	1694	1514
Elo rank	66th	105th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1707 (1978)
Matches played	484	685
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	285W 182D 218L
Goals for	652	1030
Goals against	458	809
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	13–1 vs Kenya · 1932-08-25 · Friendly
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	1–8 vs Nigeria · 1991-09-23 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	1	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.71	0.56

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 4W 2D 0L

Goals

11–6

South Africa first

First meeting

1–0

South Africa won · 2004-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

2–0

South Africa won · 2024-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

South Africa's biggest win

2–0

2024-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Uganda's biggest win

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Never beaten South Africa

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

South Africa · since 2004-10-10

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-11-15	2–0	Uganda home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-09-06	2–2	South Africa home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2021-06-10	3–2	South Africa home	Friendly
2019-06-04	1–1	South Africa home	COSAFA Cup
2005-03-26	2–1	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-10-10	1–0	Uganda home	FIFA World Cup qualification