Head to head

China vs Nigeria

If they played today

China at home

21% / 23% / 55%

China win / draw / Nigeria win

China–Nigeria

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

Neutral venue

16% / 21% / 63%

China win / draw / Nigeria win

China–Nigeria

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.4%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.5%

Nigeria at home

11% / 18% / 70%

China win / draw / Nigeria win

China–Nigeria

0–2 13.0%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.5%
0–3 9.4%
1–1 8.8%

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	Nigeria
Current Elo	1553	1883
Elo rank	93rd	26th
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	702	661
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1285	1008
Goals against	768	662
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.08

When they've met

China and Nigeria have never played each other.