Head to head

Botswana vs Nigeria

If they played today

Botswana at home

13% / 19% / 68%

Botswana win / draw / Nigeria win

Botswana–Nigeria

0–2 12.5%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
0–3 8.7%

Neutral venue

9% / 17% / 75%

Botswana win / draw / Nigeria win

Botswana–Nigeria

0–2 14.0%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.7%
1–2 9.0%
1–1 7.8%

Nigeria at home

6% / 14% / 81%

Botswana win / draw / Nigeria win

Botswana–Nigeria

0–2 15.5%
0–3 12.9%
0–1 12.4%
0–4 8.0%
1–2 7.8%

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	Nigeria
Current Elo	1388	1883
Elo rank	149th	26th
Peak Elo	1561 (2011)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	332	661
All-time record	90W 92D 150L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	268	1008
Goals against	426	662
Biggest win	6–0 vs Mauritius · 2018-06-01 · COSAFA Cup	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Malawi · 1968-07-13 · 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	0.02	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Botswana 0W 1D 0L

Goals

0–0

Botswana first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2011-11-12 · Friendly

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2011-11-12 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2011-11-12	0–0	Nigeria home	Friendly