Head to head

Benin vs Niger

If they played today

Benin at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Benin win / draw / Niger win

Benin–Niger

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.5%

Neutral venue

40% / 26% / 34%

Benin win / draw / Niger win

Benin–Niger

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.8%

Niger at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Benin win / draw / Niger win

Benin–Niger

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.7%
2–1 7.5%

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

	Benin	Niger
Current Elo	1540	1500
Elo rank	98th	110th
Peak Elo	1607 (2020)	1532 (2025)
Matches played	325	260
All-time record	84W 79D 162L	61W 62D 137L
Goals for	352	256
Goals against	561	423
Biggest win	7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games	7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly	1–9 vs Ghana · 1969-09-21 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.05	0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Benin 4W 6D 5L

Goals

15–20

Benin first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1969-01-19 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2026-06-05 · Friendly

Benin's biggest win

2–0

2008-06-22 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Niger's biggest win

5–0

1988-08-02 · Tournament Burkina Faso

Most common result

1–1

Benin first · 4 times, last 2026-06-05

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Niger · since 2010-03-07

15 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-05	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2010-08-11	0–0	Benin home	Friendly
2010-03-07	0–2	Niger home	Friendly
2008-06-22	2–0	Benin home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-14	2–0	Niger home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2003-03-07	1–1	Benin home	TIFOCO Tournament
1998-08-09	1–1	Benin home	Friendly
1993-04-25	1–4	Niger home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1993-04-03	2–2	Niger home	Friendly
1992-08-16	1–2	Benin home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1988-08-02	0–5	Neutral	Tournament Burkina Faso
1982-02-15	2–0	Benin home	West African Cup
1980-11-15	1–0	Benin home	Friendly
1979-10-28	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
1969-01-19	1–1	Benin home	Friendly