Head to head

Botswana vs Niger

If they played today

Botswana at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Botswana win / draw / Niger win

Botswana–Niger

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

Botswana win / draw / Niger win

Botswana–Niger

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
0–2 8.0%
1–0 7.9%

Niger at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Botswana win / draw / Niger win

Botswana–Niger

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.6%

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

	Botswana	Niger
Current Elo	1388	1500
Elo rank	149th	110th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1532 (2025)
Matches played	332	260
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	61W 62D 137L
Goals for	268	256
Goals against	426	423
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · 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	0.02	0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 0W 1D 2L

Goals

2–4

Botswana first

First meeting

0–1

Niger won · 1992-12-20 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2011-11-15 · Friendly

Botswana's biggest win

—

Never beaten Niger

Niger's biggest win

2–1

1993-02-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Niger · since 1992-12-20

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2011-11-15	1–1	Niger home	Friendly
1993-02-28	1–2	Niger home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-12-20	0–1	Botswana home	FIFA World Cup qualification