Head to head

Colombia vs Nigeria

If they played today

Colombia at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Colombia win / draw / Nigeria win

Colombia–Nigeria

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.0%

Neutral venue

53% / 24% / 23%

Colombia win / draw / Nigeria win

Colombia–Nigeria

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.5%
0–1 6.7%

Nigeria at home

45% / 26% / 29%

Colombia win / draw / Nigeria win

Colombia–Nigeria

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
0–1 8.0%
2–0 7.9%

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

	Colombia	Nigeria
Current Elo	2087	1883
Elo rank	5th	26th
Peak Elo	2147 (2024)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	643	661
All-time record	261W 178D 204L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	828	1008
Goals against	737	662
Biggest win	6–0 vs Bahrain · 2015-03-26 · Friendly	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–9 vs Brazil · 1957-03-24 · Copa América	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.23	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Colombia 3W 1D 0L

Goals

4–1

Colombia first

First meeting

1–0

Colombia won · 1994-04-17 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2010-05-30 · Friendly

Colombia's biggest win

1–0

2008-11-19 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

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Never beaten Colombia

Most common result

1–0

Colombia first · 3 times, last 2008-11-19

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Colombia · since 1994-04-17

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-05-30	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2008-11-19	1–0	Colombia home	Friendly
1995-06-17	1–0	Neutral	USA Cup
1994-04-17	1–0	Colombia home	Friendly