Head to head

South Africa vs Uruguay

If they played today

South Africa at home

27% / 25% / 47%

South Africa win / draw / Uruguay win

South Africa–Uruguay

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

Neutral venue

21% / 23% / 55%

South Africa win / draw / Uruguay win

South Africa–Uruguay

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Uruguay at home

16% / 21% / 63%

South Africa win / draw / Uruguay win

South Africa–Uruguay

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.5%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 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	Uruguay
Current Elo	1694	1925
Elo rank	66th	18th
Peak Elo	1792 (1996)	2104 (2024)
Matches played	484	973
All-time record	216W 146D 122L	428W 242D 303L
Goals for	652	1537
Goals against	458	1182
Biggest win	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly	9–0 vs Bolivia · 1927-11-06 · Copa América
Biggest loss	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly	0–6 vs Argentina · 1902-07-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.84

When they've met

Meetings

South Africa 0W 1D 2L

Goals

3–7

South Africa first

First meeting

3–4

Uruguay won · 1997-12-17 · Confederations Cup

Most recent

0–3

Uruguay won · 2010-06-16 · FIFA World Cup

South Africa's biggest win

—

Never beaten Uruguay

Uruguay's biggest win

3–0

2010-06-16 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Uruguay · since 1997-12-17

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-06-16	0–3	South Africa home	FIFA World Cup
2007-09-12	0–0	South Africa home	Friendly
1997-12-17	3–4	Neutral	Confederations Cup