Head to head

Iraq vs Nigeria

If they played today

Iraq at home

29% / 25% / 46%

Iraq win / draw / Nigeria win

Iraq–Nigeria

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

Neutral venue

22% / 24% / 54%

Iraq win / draw / Nigeria win

Iraq–Nigeria

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.6%
1–0 6.6%

Nigeria at home

17% / 22% / 62%

Iraq win / draw / Nigeria win

Iraq–Nigeria

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.1%

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

	Iraq	Nigeria
Current Elo	1673	1883
Elo rank	72nd	26th
Peak Elo	1844 (1984)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	658	661
All-time record	304W 188D 166L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1006	1008
Goals against	621	662
Biggest win	13–0 vs Ethiopia · 1992-08-18 · Jordan International Tournament	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–6 vs Chile · 2013-08-14 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.08

When they've met

Iraq and Nigeria have never played each other.