Head to head

England vs Nigeria

If they played today

England at home

69% / 19% / 12%

England win / draw / Nigeria win

England–Nigeria

2–0 12.8%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.5%
3–0 9.1%
1–1 9.0%

Neutral venue

62% / 22% / 17%

England win / draw / Nigeria win

England–Nigeria

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.2%
1–1 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.2%

Nigeria at home

54% / 24% / 22%

England win / draw / Nigeria win

England–Nigeria

1–1 11.3%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.6%
0–1 6.5%

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

	England	Nigeria
Current Elo	2197	1883
Elo rank	3rd	26th
Peak Elo	2197 (2026)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	1098	661
All-time record	631W 259D 208L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	2401	1008
Goals against	1053	662
Biggest win	13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	1	0
Expected World Cups	1.45	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

England 2W 1D 0L

Goals

3–1

England first

First meeting

1–0

England won · 1994-11-16 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

England won · 2018-06-02 · Friendly

England's biggest win

2–1

2018-06-02 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

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Never beaten England

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

England · since 1994-11-16

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-06-02	2–1	England home	Friendly
2002-06-12	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1994-11-16	1–0	England home	Friendly