Head to head

Eritrea vs Nigeria

If they played today

Eritrea at home

6% / 14% / 80%

Eritrea win / draw / Nigeria win

Eritrea–Nigeria

0–2 15.4%
0–3 12.7%
0–1 12.4%
1–2 8.0%
0–4 7.8%

Neutral venue

3% / 11% / 86%

Eritrea win / draw / Nigeria win

Eritrea–Nigeria

0–2 16.8%
0–3 14.9%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 10.0%
1–2 6.5%

Nigeria at home

2% / 8% / 90%

Eritrea win / draw / Nigeria win

Eritrea–Nigeria

0–2 18.1%
0–3 17.4%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 12.5%
0–5 7.2%

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

	Eritrea	Nigeria
Current Elo	1197	1883
Elo rank	181st	26th
Peak Elo	1511 (1994)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	71	661
All-time record	11W 16D 44L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	48	1008
Goals against	121	662
Biggest win	3–1 vs Somalia · 2009-12-05 · CECAFA Cup	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Angola · 2007-03-25 · African Cup of Nations qualification	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	0	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.00	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Eritrea 0W 1D 1L

Goals

0–4

Eritrea first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2000-04-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

0–4

Nigeria won · 2000-04-22 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Eritrea's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

4–0

2000-04-22 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Nigeria · since 2000-04-09

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2000-04-22	0–4	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-04-09	0–0	Eritrea home	FIFA World Cup qualification