Head to head

Benin vs Nigeria

If they played today

Benin at home

20% / 23% / 56%

Benin win / draw / Nigeria win

Benin–Nigeria

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 64%

Benin win / draw / Nigeria win

Benin–Nigeria

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.7%

Nigeria at home

11% / 18% / 71%

Benin win / draw / Nigeria win

Benin–Nigeria

0–2 13.2%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.6%
1–2 9.4%
1–1 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

	Benin	Nigeria
Current Elo	1540	1883
Elo rank	98th	26th
Peak Elo	1607 (2020)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	325	661
All-time record	84W 79D 162L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	352	1008
Goals against	561	662
Biggest win	7–0 vs Mauritania · 1961-12-26 · African Friendship Games	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–10 vs Nigeria · 1959-11-28 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.08
African Cup of Nations won	0	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.05	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Benin 2W 3D 16L

Goals

11–55

Benin first

First meeting

0–1

Nigeria won · 1959-11-08 · Friendly

Most recent

0–4

Nigeria won · 2025-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Benin's biggest win

2–1

2024-06-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Nigeria's biggest win

10–1

1959-11-28 · Friendly

Most common result

0–1

Benin first · 4 times, last 2021-03-27

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Nigeria · since 2024-09-07

21 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-10-14	0–4	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2024-11-14	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-09-07	0–3	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2024-06-10	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-03-27	0–1	Benin home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2019-11-13	1–2	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2010-01-16	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2008-01-29	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2004-02-04	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1991-04-27	0–3	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1990-09-30	0–1	Benin home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1979-11-04	0–5	Nigeria home	Friendly
1979-10-14	1–1	Benin home	Friendly
1977-02-14	0–7	Nigeria home	Friendly
1972-12-20	0–3	Nigeria home	Friendly
1966-02-27	1–2	Benin home	Friendly
1965-12-11	1–0	Nigeria home	Friendly
1963-02-02	1–4	Nigeria home	Friendly
1963-01-27	1–1	Benin home	Friendly
1959-11-28	1–10	Nigeria home	Friendly
1959-11-08	0–1	Benin home	Friendly