Head to head

Congo vs Nigeria

If they played today

Congo at home

10% / 18% / 72%

Congo win / draw / Nigeria win

Congo–Nigeria

0–2 13.4%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.8%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.4%

Neutral venue

7% / 15% / 78%

Congo win / draw / Nigeria win

Congo–Nigeria

0–2 14.9%
0–1 12.4%
0–3 11.9%
1–2 8.4%
0–4 7.2%

Nigeria at home

4% / 12% / 84%

Congo win / draw / Nigeria win

Congo–Nigeria

0–2 16.3%
0–3 14.2%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 9.2%
1–2 7.0%

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

	Congo	Nigeria
Current Elo	1330	1883
Elo rank	164th	26th
Peak Elo	1658 (1972)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	406	661
All-time record	134W 99D 173L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	523	1008
Goals against	598	662
Biggest win	11–0 vs Chad · 1964-03-28 · Friendly	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–8 vs Madagascar · 1960-04-18 · African Friendship Games	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.08
African Cup of Nations won	1	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.37	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Congo 2W 3D 6L

Goals

8–14

Congo first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1970-11-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

0–2

Nigeria won · 2014-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Congo's biggest win

3–2

2014-09-06 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Nigeria's biggest win

2–0

2014-11-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–2

Congo first · twice, last 2014-11-15

Current run

Won the last meeting

Nigeria · since 2014-11-15

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-11-15	0–2	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2014-09-06	3–2	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2000-01-28	0–0	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations
1993-02-27	0–2	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-12-20	0–1	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1975-07-27	1–2	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1975-07-13	0–1	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1972-08-15	1–1	Congo home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1972-08-05	1–2	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1970-11-22	2–1	Congo home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1970-11-08	0–0	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification