Head to head

Angola vs Nigeria

If they played today

Angola at home

23% / 24% / 52%

Angola win / draw / Nigeria win

Angola–Nigeria

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.3%
1–0 6.8%

Neutral venue

18% / 22% / 60%

Angola win / draw / Nigeria win

Angola–Nigeria

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.8%

Nigeria at home

13% / 19% / 68%

Angola win / draw / Nigeria win

Angola–Nigeria

0–2 12.4%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.3%
0–3 8.6%

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

	Angola	Nigeria
Current Elo	1590	1883
Elo rank	86th	26th
Peak Elo	1724 (2006)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	415	661
All-time record	141W 148D 126L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	470	1008
Goals against	428	662
Biggest win	7–1 vs Eswatini · 2000-04-23 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Portugal · 1989-03-29 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.08
African Cup of Nations won	0	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.26	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Angola 2W 6D 3L

Goals

7–9

Angola first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1981-04-04 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Nigeria won · 2024-02-02 · African Cup of Nations

Angola's biggest win

1–0

2004-06-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Nigeria's biggest win

2–0

1983-04-09 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–0

Angola first · 3 times, last 2012-01-11

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Nigeria · since 2005-06-18

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-02-02	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2012-01-11	0–0	Nigeria home	Friendly
2005-06-18	1–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-06-20	1–0	Angola home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2003-06-21	2–2	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2002-09-08	0–0	Angola home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1989-08-12	0–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1989-01-22	2–2	Angola home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1983-04-24	1–0	Angola home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1983-04-09	0–2	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1981-04-04	0–0	Nigeria home	Friendly