Head to head

Argentina vs Nigeria

If they played today

Argentina at home

73% / 17% / 10%

Argentina win / draw / Nigeria win

Argentina–Nigeria

2–0 13.6%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.1%
2–1 9.2%
1–1 8.2%

Neutral venue

66% / 20% / 14%

Argentina win / draw / Nigeria win

Argentina–Nigeria

2–0 12.0%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.6%
3–0 8.2%

Nigeria at home

58% / 23% / 19%

Argentina win / draw / Nigeria win

Argentina–Nigeria

1–0 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
2–0 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.4%

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

	Argentina	Nigeria
Current Elo	2250	1883
Elo rank	2nd	26th
Peak Elo	2279 (2026)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	1077	661
All-time record	599W 257D 221L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	2047	1008
Goals against	1083	662
Biggest win	12–0 vs Ecuador · 1942-01-22 · Copa América	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Spain · 2018-03-27 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	3	0
Expected World Cups	1.79	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Argentina 6W 1D 2L

Goals

15–13

Argentina first

First meeting

2–1

Argentina won · 1994-06-25 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

2–1

Argentina won · 2018-06-26 · FIFA World Cup

Argentina's biggest win

3–1

2011-09-06 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

4–1

2011-06-01 · Friendly

Most common result

2–1

Argentina first · twice, last 2018-06-26

Current run

Won the last meeting

Argentina · since 2018-06-26

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-06-26	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2017-11-14	2–4	Neutral	Friendly
2014-06-25	3–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2011-09-06	3–1	Neutral	Friendly
2011-06-01	1–4	Nigeria home	Friendly
2010-06-12	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2002-06-02	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1995-01-10	0–0	Neutral	Confederations Cup
1994-06-25	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup