Head to head

China vs Nicaragua

If they played today

China at home

50% / 25% / 25%

China win / draw / Nicaragua win

China–Nicaragua

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.8%
0–1 7.2%

Neutral venue

42% / 26% / 32%

China win / draw / Nicaragua win

China–Nicaragua

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.5%

Nicaragua at home

34% / 26% / 40%

China win / draw / Nicaragua win

China–Nicaragua

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.0%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 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

	China	Nicaragua
Current Elo	1553	1491
Elo rank	93rd	115th
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1539 (2024)
Matches played	702	222
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	51W 27D 144L
Goals for	1285	234
Goals against	768	534
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.00

When they've met

China and Nicaragua have never played each other.