Head to head

Iran vs Nigeria

If they played today

Iran at home

45% / 26% / 29%

Iran win / draw / Nigeria win

Iran–Nigeria

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.5%
2–1 9.2%
0–1 8.0%
2–0 7.9%

Neutral venue

37% / 26% / 36%

Iran win / draw / Nigeria win

Iran–Nigeria

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

Nigeria at home

30% / 26% / 44%

Iran win / draw / Nigeria win

Iran–Nigeria

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.2%
0–2 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

	Iran	Nigeria
Current Elo	1889	1883
Elo rank	25th	26th
Peak Elo	1945 (2022)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	615	661
All-time record	349W 147D 119L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1158	1008
Goals against	486	662
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.13	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Iran 0W 1D 2L

Goals

1–3

Iran first

First meeting

0–1

Nigeria won · 1998-01-28 · Lunar New Year Cup

Most recent

1–2

Nigeria won · 2026-03-27 · Friendly

Iran's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

2–1

2026-03-27 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Nigeria · since 1998-01-28

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-03-27	1–2	Neutral	Friendly
2014-06-16	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1998-01-28	0–1	Neutral	Lunar New Year Cup