Head to head

South Africa vs Ukraine

If they played today

South Africa at home
33% / 26% / 41%
South Africa win / draw / Ukraine win
South Africa–Ukraine
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.1%
  • 1–0 8.8%
  • 1–2 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.6%
Neutral venue
26% / 25% / 49%
South Africa win / draw / Ukraine win
South Africa–Ukraine
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.6%
  • 1–0 7.4%
Ukraine at home
20% / 23% / 57%
South Africa win / draw / Ukraine win
South Africa–Ukraine
  • 0–1 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.9%
  • 0–2 10.2%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–0 6.3%

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 AfricaUkraine
Current Elo16941847
Elo rank66th30th
Peak Elo1792 (1996)1921 (2024)
Matches played484338
All-time record216W 146D 122L152W 94D 92L
Goals for652475
Goals against458358
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly9–0 vs San Marino · 2013-09-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly1–7 vs France · 2020-10-07 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.01

When they've met

South Africa and Ukraine have never played each other.