Head to head

France vs Nigeria

If they played today

France at home

65% / 20% / 14%

France win / draw / Nigeria win

France–Nigeria

2–0 11.9%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.7%
3–0 8.0%

Neutral venue

57% / 23% / 20%

France win / draw / Nigeria win

France–Nigeria

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

Nigeria at home

49% / 25% / 26%

France win / draw / Nigeria win

France–Nigeria

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.7%
0–1 7.3%

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

	France	Nigeria
Current Elo	2139	1883
Elo rank	4th	26th
Peak Elo	2232 (2026)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	943	661
All-time record	483W 195D 265L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1735	1008
Goals against	1219	662
Biggest win	14–0 vs Gibraltar · 2023-11-18 · UEFA Euro qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–17 vs Denmark · 1908-10-22 · Olympic Games	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	2	0
Expected World Cups	0.90	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

France 1W 0D 1L

Goals

2–1

France first

First meeting

0–1

Nigeria won · 2009-06-02 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

France won · 2014-06-30 · FIFA World Cup

France's biggest win

2–0

2014-06-30 · FIFA World Cup

Nigeria's biggest win

1–0

2009-06-02 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

France · since 2014-06-30

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-06-30	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2009-06-02	0–1	France home	Friendly