Head to head

South Africa vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

South Africa at home

47% / 25% / 28%

South Africa win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

South Africa–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.3%
0–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

39% / 26% / 35%

South Africa win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

South Africa–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.9%

United Arab Emirates at home

31% / 26% / 43%

South Africa win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

South Africa–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
2–1 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	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1694	1666
Elo rank	66th	74th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	484	612
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	652	867
Goals against	458	760
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 0W 0D 1L

Goals

0–1

South Africa first

First meeting

0–1

United Arab Emirates won · 1997-12-15 · Confederations Cup

Most recent

0–1

United Arab Emirates won · 1997-12-15 · Confederations Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1997-12-15	0–1	Neutral	Confederations Cup