Head to head

Iceland vs Nigeria

If they played today

Iceland at home
27% / 25% / 48%
Iceland win / draw / Nigeria win
Iceland–Nigeria
  • 1–1 11.9%
  • 0–1 10.7%
  • 1–2 9.4%
  • 0–2 8.5%
  • 1–0 7.5%
Neutral venue
20% / 23% / 56%
Iceland win / draw / Nigeria win
Iceland–Nigeria
  • 0–1 11.3%
  • 1–1 11.0%
  • 0–2 10.1%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.3%
Nigeria at home
15% / 21% / 64%
Iceland win / draw / Nigeria win
Iceland–Nigeria
  • 0–1 11.7%
  • 0–2 11.7%
  • 1–1 9.9%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–3 7.7%

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

 IcelandNigeria
Current Elo16391883
Elo rank81st26th
Peak Elo1885 (2017)1896 (2006)
Matches played522661
All-time record159W 102D 261L311W 192D 158L
Goals for6321008
Goals against876662
Biggest win9–0 vs Faroe Islands · 1985-07-10 · Friendly10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss2–14 vs Denmark · 1967-08-23 · Friendly0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups<0.010.08

When they've met

Meetings
2
Iceland 1W 0D 1L
Goals
3–2
Iceland first
First meeting
3–0
Iceland won · 1981-08-22 · Friendly
Most recent
0–2
Nigeria won · 2018-06-22 · FIFA World Cup
Iceland's biggest win
3–0
1981-08-22 · Friendly
Nigeria's biggest win
2–0
2018-06-22 · FIFA World Cup
Current run
Won the last meeting
Nigeria · since 2018-06-22
2 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2018-06-220–2NeutralFIFA World Cup
1981-08-223–0Iceland homeFriendly