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Head to head

Cameroon vs Nigeria

If they played today

Cameroon at home
32% / 26% / 41%
Cameroon win / draw / Nigeria win
Cameroon–Nigeria
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.1%
  • 1–2 8.8%
  • 1–0 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.6%
Neutral venue
26% / 25% / 50%
Cameroon win / draw / Nigeria win
Cameroon–Nigeria
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.7%
  • 1–0 7.3%
Nigeria at home
20% / 23% / 58%
Cameroon win / draw / Nigeria win
Cameroon–Nigeria
  • 0–1 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.9%
  • 0–2 10.3%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–0 6.3%

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

 CameroonNigeria
Current Elo17251883
Elo rank57th26th
Peak Elo1915 (2003)1896 (2006)
Matches played616661
All-time record271W 192D 153L311W 192D 158L
Goals for8661008
Goals against640662
Biggest win9–2 vs Djibouti · 1960-04-14 · African Friendship Games10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss1–6 vs Russia · 1994-06-28 · FIFA World Cup0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.090.08
African Cup of Nations won53
Expected African Cup of Nations2.362.40

When they've met

Meetings
26
Cameroon 5W 8D 13L
Goals
21–36
Cameroon first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 1960-04-26 · Friendly
Most recent
0–2
Nigeria won · 2024-01-27 · African Cup of Nations
Cameroon's biggest win
3–1
1984-03-18 · African Cup of Nations
Nigeria's biggest win
4–0
2017-09-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most common result
0–0
Cameroon first · 4 times, last 2021-06-08
Current run
Unbeaten in 2
Nigeria · since 2021-06-08
26 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2024-01-270–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2021-06-080–0NeutralFriendly
2021-06-041–0NeutralFriendly
2019-07-062–3NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2017-09-041–1Cameroon homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2017-09-010–4Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2015-10-110–3NeutralFriendly
2004-02-081–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2000-02-132–2Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations
1997-08-070–1NeutralFriendly
1992-01-251–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1991-09-281–0NeutralFriendly
1989-08-271–0Cameroon homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1989-06-100–2Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1988-03-271–0NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1988-03-171–1NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1984-03-183–1NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1980-02-020–0Nigeria homeFriendly
1978-07-170–0NeutralAll-African Games
1975-01-220–1Nigeria homeFriendly
1972-02-131–2Cameroon homeFriendly
1968-12-222–3Cameroon homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1968-12-071–1Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1963-01-011–2Cameroon homeFriendly
1962-12-081–3Nigeria homeFriendly
1960-04-260–0NeutralFriendly