Head to head

Cape Verde vs Nigeria

If they played today

Cape Verde at home

31% / 26% / 44%

Cape Verde win / draw / Nigeria win

Cape Verde–Nigeria

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.3%
0–2 7.6%

Neutral venue

24% / 24% / 52%

Cape Verde win / draw / Nigeria win

Cape Verde–Nigeria

1–1 11.6%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 6.9%

Nigeria at home

18% / 22% / 60%

Cape Verde win / draw / Nigeria win

Cape Verde–Nigeria

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.7%

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

	Cape Verde	Nigeria
Current Elo	1699	1883
Elo rank	64th	26th
Peak Elo	1702 (2026)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	239	661
All-time record	89W 59D 91L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	262	1008
Goals against	270	662
Biggest win	7–1 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2015-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–5 vs Algeria · 2023-10-12 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	<0.01	0.08
African Cup of Nations won	0	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.09	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Cape Verde 0W 2D 1L

Goals

2–3

Cape Verde first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2013-01-09 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2021-11-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Cape Verde's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

2–1

2021-09-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Nigeria · since 2013-01-09

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2021-11-16	1–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-09-07	1–2	Cape Verde home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2013-01-09	0–0	Neutral	Friendly