Head to head

Afghanistan vs Nicaragua

If they played today

Afghanistan at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Afghanistan win / draw / Nicaragua win

Afghanistan–Nicaragua

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.7%
1–0 6.5%

Neutral venue

16% / 21% / 62%

Afghanistan win / draw / Nicaragua win

Afghanistan–Nicaragua

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.3%
1–1 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.3%

Nicaragua at home

12% / 19% / 70%

Afghanistan win / draw / Nicaragua win

Afghanistan–Nicaragua

0–2 12.8%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.5%
0–3 9.1%
1–1 8.9%

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

	Afghanistan	Nicaragua
Current Elo	1173	1491
Elo rank	184th	115th
Peak Elo	1481 (1941)	1539 (2024)
Matches played	147	222
All-time record	36W 34D 77L	51W 27D 144L
Goals for	142	234
Goals against	293	534
Biggest win	8–1 vs Bhutan · 2011-12-07 · SAFF Cup	7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–11 vs Turkmenistan · 2003-11-19 · FIFA World Cup qualification	0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup

When they've met

Afghanistan and Nicaragua have never played each other.