Head to head

Algeria vs Nigeria

If they played today

Algeria at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Algeria win / draw / Nigeria win

Algeria–Nigeria

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.5%
2–0 7.4%

Neutral venue

35% / 26% / 39%

Algeria win / draw / Nigeria win

Algeria–Nigeria

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

Nigeria at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Algeria win / draw / Nigeria win

Algeria–Nigeria

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.8%

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

	Algeria	Nigeria
Current Elo	1859	1883
Elo rank	29th	26th
Peak Elo	1908 (2022)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	621	661
All-time record	289W 163D 169L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	958	1008
Goals against	622	662
Biggest win	15–1 vs Yemen · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–5 vs German DR · 1976-04-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.04	0.08
African Cup of Nations won	2	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	2.18	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Algeria 10W 4D 8L

Goals

29–29

Algeria first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1973-01-10 · All-African Games

Most recent

0–2

Nigeria won · 2026-01-10 · African Cup of Nations

Algeria's biggest win

5–1

1990-03-02 · African Cup of Nations

Nigeria's biggest win

5–2

2005-09-04 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

2–1

Algeria first · 4 times, last 2022-09-27

Current run

Won the last meeting

Nigeria · since 2026-01-10

22 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-01-10	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2022-09-27	2–1	Algeria home	Friendly
2020-10-09	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2019-07-14	2–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2017-11-10	3–0	Algeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2016-11-12	1–3	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2010-01-30	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2005-09-04	2–5	Algeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-07-03	0–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2002-01-21	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1993-10-08	1–1	Algeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-07-03	1–4	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1990-03-16	1–0	Algeria home	African Cup of Nations
1990-03-02	5–1	Algeria home	African Cup of Nations
1988-03-23	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1984-03-11	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1982-03-10	2–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1981-10-30	2–1	Algeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1981-10-10	2–0	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-03-22	0–3	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations
1978-07-28	1–0	Algeria home	All-African Games
1973-01-10	2–2	Nigeria home	All-African Games