Zimbabwe vs South Africa

World Cup - Qualification Africa · Oct 10, 2025 · 16:00

Final score: Zimbabwe 0–0 South Africa

Standings

• Zimbabwe: #6 · 5 Pts · 10 P (0W 5D 5L)
• South Africa: #1 · 18 Pts · 10 P (5W 3D 2L)

Recent form

Zimbabwe

• L Sep 9, 2025: Zimbabwe 0–1 Rwanda
• L Sep 5, 2025: Benin 1–0 Zimbabwe
• D Mar 25, 2025: Nigeria 1–1 Zimbabwe
• D Mar 20, 2025: Zimbabwe 2–2 Benin
• L Jun 11, 2024: South Africa 3–1 Zimbabwe

South Africa

• D Sep 9, 2025: South Africa 1–1 Nigeria
• W Sep 5, 2025: Lesotho 0–3 South Africa
• W Mar 25, 2025: Benin 0–2 South Africa
• W Jun 11, 2024: South Africa 3–1 Zimbabwe
• D Jun 7, 2024: Nigeria 1–1 South Africa

Head-to-head

• 2025-12-29T16:00:00+00:00: Zimbabwe 2–3 South Africa
• 2025-10-10T16:00:00+00:00: Zimbabwe 0–0 South Africa
• 2025-06-07T13:00:00+00:00: South Africa 2–0 Zimbabwe
• 2024-06-11T16:00:00+00:00: South Africa 3–1 Zimbabwe
• 2023-03-28T00:00:00+00:00: Zimbabwe – South Africa

Match events

• 44' Card Yellow Card — Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — S. Sithole (South Africa) (assists: B. J. Aubaas)
• 46' subst Substitution 2 — M. Nkota (South Africa) (assists: T. Morena)
• 56' Card Yellow Card — Tawanda Chirewa (Zimbabwe)
• 59' subst Substitution 1 — T. Chirewa (Zimbabwe) (assists: T. Maswanhise)
• 63' Card Yellow Card — Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe)
• 63' Card Red Card — Knowledge Musona (Zimbabwe)
• 80' subst Substitution 3 — O. Appollis (South Africa) (assists: T. Moremi)
• 84' subst Substitution 4 — A. Modiba (South Africa) (assists: E. Makgopa)
• 86' subst Substitution 2 — M. Garananga (Zimbabwe) (assists: E. Jalai)
• 86' subst Substitution 3 — D. Lunga (Zimbabwe) (assists: W. Musona)
• 87' subst Substitution 4 — K. Billiat (Zimbabwe) (assists: B. Antoine)
• 89' subst Substitution 5 — M. Nakamba (Zimbabwe) (assists: J. Fabisch)
• 90'+5 Card Yellow Card — Tawanda Maswanhise (Zimbabwe)
• 90'+7 Card Yellow Card — Mbekezeli Mbokazi (South Africa)
• 90'+5 Card Yellow Card — Mbekezeli Mbokazi (South Africa)
• 90'+7 Card Red Card — Mbekezeli Mbokazi (South Africa)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 2 — 3
• Shots off Goal: 2 — 10
• Total Shots: 6 — 24
• Blocked Shots: 2 — 11
• Shots insidebox: 2 — 12
• Shots outsidebox: 4 — 12
• Fouls: 16 — 16
• Corner Kicks: 4 — 14
• Offsides: 0 — 2
• Ball Possession: 30% — 70%
• Yellow Cards: 4 — 2
• Red Cards: 1 — 1
• Goalkeeper Saves: 2 — 2
• Total passes: 221 — 497
• Passes accurate: 149 — 429
• Passes %: 67% — 86%
• expected_goals: – — –
• goals_prevented: – — –