Head to head

Egypt vs Nigeria

If they played today

Egypt at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Egypt win / draw / Nigeria win

Egypt–Nigeria

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

35% / 26% / 39%

Egypt win / draw / Nigeria win

Egypt–Nigeria

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

Nigeria at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Egypt win / draw / Nigeria win

Egypt–Nigeria

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 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

	Egypt	Nigeria
Current Elo	1860	1883
Elo rank	28th	26th
Peak Elo	1934 (2010)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	761	661
All-time record	380W 188D 193L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1233	1008
Goals against	773	662
Biggest win	15–0 vs Laos · 1963-11-15 · Friendly	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	3–11 vs Italy · 1928-06-09 · Olympic Games	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.08
African Cup of Nations won	7	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	3.88	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Egypt 5W 8D 8L

Goals

26–29

Egypt first

First meeting

6–3

Egypt won · 1963-11-24 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2026-01-17 · African Cup of Nations

Egypt's biggest win

6–3

1963-11-24 · African Cup of Nations

Nigeria's biggest win

4–0

1977-10-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most common result

0–0

Egypt first · 4 times, last 2026-01-17

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Nigeria · since 2019-03-26

21 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-01-17	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2022-01-11	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2019-03-26	0–1	Nigeria home	Friendly
2016-03-29	1–0	Egypt home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2016-03-25	1–1	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2012-04-12	3–2	Neutral	Friendly
2010-01-12	3–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2002-11-25	1–1	Nigeria home	Friendly
1994-03-30	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1991-09-21	1–2	Egypt home	Friendly
1990-03-05	0–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1988-03-20	0–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1984-03-14	2–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1983-02-20	1–1	Nigeria home	Friendly
1983-02-18	0–0	Nigeria home	Friendly
1980-03-15	0–1	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations
1977-10-21	3–1	Egypt home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1977-10-08	0–4	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1976-03-14	2–3	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1973-01-14	2–4	Nigeria home	All-African Games
1963-11-24	6–3	Neutral	African Cup of Nations