Head to head

South Africa vs Venezuela

If they played today

South Africa at home
35% / 26% / 39%
South Africa win / draw / Venezuela win
South Africa–Venezuela
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.2%
  • 1–2 8.5%
  • 2–1 7.9%
Neutral venue
28% / 25% / 47%
South Africa win / draw / Venezuela win
South Africa–Venezuela
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 0–1 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 0–2 8.3%
  • 1–0 7.7%
Venezuela at home
21% / 23% / 55%
South Africa win / draw / Venezuela win
South Africa–Venezuela
  • 0–1 11.2%
  • 1–1 11.1%
  • 0–2 9.9%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.4%

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 AfricaVenezuela
Current Elo16941823
Elo rank66th36th
Peak Elo1792 (1996)1915 (2024)
Matches played484460
All-time record216W 146D 122L117W 101D 242L
Goals for652483
Goals against458856
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly6–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-20 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly0–11 vs Argentina · 1975-08-10 · Copa América
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.00

When they've met

South Africa and Venezuela have never played each other.