Head to head

South Africa vs United States

If they played today

South Africa at home

33% / 26% / 41%

South Africa win / draw / United States win

South Africa–United States

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

South Africa win / draw / United States win

South Africa–United States

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

United States at home

20% / 23% / 57%

South Africa win / draw / United States win

South Africa–United States

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
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 Africa	United States
Current Elo	1694	1842
Elo rank	66th	34th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	1973 (2021)
Matches played	484	795
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	354W 161D 280L
Goals for	652	1211
Goals against	458	1056
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	8–0 vs Barbados · 2008-06-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–11 vs Norway · 1948-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 0W 0D 3L

Goals

0–6

South Africa first

First meeting

0–4

United States won · 2000-06-03 · USA Cup

Most recent

0–1

United States won · 2010-11-17 · Friendly

South Africa's biggest win

—

Never beaten United States

United States' biggest win

4–0

2000-06-03 · USA Cup

Most common result

0–1

South Africa first · twice, last 2010-11-17

Current run

Won last 3

United States · since 2000-06-03

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-11-17	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2007-11-17	0–1	South Africa home	Friendly
2000-06-03	0–4	United States home	USA Cup