Head to head

South Africa vs Yemen

If they played today

South Africa at home
74% / 17% / 9%
South Africa win / draw / Yemen win
South Africa–Yemen
  • 2–0 13.9%
  • 1–0 12.2%
  • 3–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.0%
  • 1–1 7.9%
Neutral venue
67% / 20% / 13%
South Africa win / draw / Yemen win
South Africa–Yemen
  • 2–0 12.4%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 1–1 9.3%
  • 3–0 8.6%
Yemen at home
60% / 22% / 18%
South Africa win / draw / Yemen win
South Africa–Yemen
  • 1–0 11.5%
  • 2–0 10.8%
  • 1–1 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 6.7%

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 AfricaYemen
Current Elo16941306
Elo rank66th168th
Peak Elo1792 (1996)1473 (1966)
Matches played484266
All-time record216W 146D 122L53W 54D 159L
Goals for652259
Goals against458577
Biggest win8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly11–2 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-18 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly1–15 vs Algeria · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.020.00

When they've met

South Africa and Yemen have never played each other.