Head to head

Burkina Faso vs Nigeria

If they played today

Burkina Faso at home

27% / 25% / 47%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Nigeria win

Burkina Faso–Nigeria

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

21% / 23% / 55%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Nigeria win

Burkina Faso–Nigeria

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Nigeria at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Burkina Faso win / draw / Nigeria win

Burkina Faso–Nigeria

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.4%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 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

	Burkina Faso	Nigeria
Current Elo	1653	1883
Elo rank	78th	26th
Peak Elo	1726 (2017)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	464	661
All-time record	164W 123D 177L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	580	1008
Goals against	617	662
Biggest win	6–0 vs Djibouti · 2025-09-05 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Algeria · 1981-08-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification	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	0.40	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Burkina Faso 0W 4D 8L

Goals

10–30

Burkina Faso first

First meeting

0–4

Nigeria won · 1971-11-27 · Friendly

Most recent

1–4

Nigeria won · 2013-09-10 · Friendly

Burkina Faso's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

7–1

1991-07-27 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–1

Burkina Faso first · twice, last 2013-02-10

Current run

Unbeaten in 12

Nigeria · since 1971-11-27

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-09-10	1–4	Nigeria home	Friendly
2013-02-10	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2013-01-21	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1997-04-27	1–2	Burkina Faso home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1996-11-09	0–2	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1991-07-27	1–7	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1991-01-13	1–1	Burkina Faso home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1987-11-22	0–0	Burkina Faso home	Friendly
1981-07-18	0–1	Nigeria home	Friendly
1978-03-05	2–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1972-01-09	3–3	Burkina Faso home	Friendly
1971-11-27	0–4	Nigeria home	Friendly