Head to head

South Africa vs Wales

If they played today

South Africa at home
41% / 26% / 33%
South Africa win / draw / Wales win
South Africa–Wales
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.1%
  • 0–1 8.8%
  • 2–1 8.7%
  • 1–2 7.6%
Neutral venue
33% / 26% / 41%
South Africa win / draw / Wales win
South Africa–Wales
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.0%
  • 1–0 8.9%
  • 1–2 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.7%
Wales at home
26% / 25% / 49%
South Africa win / draw / Wales win
South Africa–Wales
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 0–1 10.7%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.6%
  • 1–0 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 AfricaWales
Current Elo16941743
Elo rank66th52nd
Peak Elo1792 (1996)1904 (2021)
Matches played484726
All-time record216W 146D 122L234W 165D 327L
Goals for652910
Goals against4581160
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1888-03-03 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly0–9 vs Scotland · 1878-03-23 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.02

When they've met

South Africa and Wales have never played each other.