Head to head

Ivory Coast vs Nigeria

If they played today

Ivory Coast at home
42% / 26% / 32%
Ivory Coast win / draw / Nigeria win
Ivory Coast–Nigeria
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.1%
  • 2–1 8.8%
  • 0–1 8.7%
  • 1–2 7.5%
Neutral venue
34% / 26% / 40%
Ivory Coast win / draw / Nigeria win
Ivory Coast–Nigeria
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.0%
  • 1–0 9.0%
  • 1–2 8.6%
  • 2–1 7.8%
Nigeria at home
27% / 25% / 48%
Ivory Coast win / draw / Nigeria win
Ivory Coast–Nigeria
  • 1–1 11.9%
  • 0–1 10.7%
  • 1–2 9.4%
  • 0–2 8.4%
  • 1–0 7.5%

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

 Ivory CoastNigeria
Current Elo18431883
Elo rank32nd26th
Peak Elo1974 (2013)1896 (2006)
Matches played640661
All-time record327W 162D 151L311W 192D 158L
Goals for10471008
Goals against638662
Biggest win9–0 vs Seychelles · 2023-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss0–5 vs Netherlands · 2017-06-04 · Friendly0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.08
African Cup of Nations won33
Expected African Cup of Nations3.202.40

When they've met

Meetings
24
Ivory Coast 7W 9D 8L
Goals
21–28
Ivory Coast first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 1967-03-12 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Most recent
2–1
Ivory Coast won · 2024-02-11 · African Cup of Nations
Ivory Coast's biggest win
2–0
1991-10-31 · Friendly
Nigeria's biggest win
4–0
1977-07-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most common result
1–1
Ivory Coast first · 4 times, last 2002-01-12
Current run
Won the last meeting
Ivory Coast · since 2024-02-11
24 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2024-02-112–1Ivory Coast homeAfrican Cup of Nations
2024-01-180–1Ivory Coast homeAfrican Cup of Nations
2015-01-111–0NeutralFriendly
2013-02-031–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2008-01-211–0NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2006-02-071–0NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2002-01-121–1Ivory Coast homeFriendly
1994-04-062–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1993-09-251–4Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1993-05-022–1Ivory Coast homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1991-10-312–0Ivory Coast homeFriendly
1990-03-080–1NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
1990-01-250–2Nigeria homeFriendly
1985-06-261–1Ivory Coast homeFriendly
1985-06-231–1Ivory Coast homeFriendly
1985-06-190–2Nigeria homeFriendly
1985-06-150–0Nigeria homeFriendly
1980-03-120–0Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations
1977-07-252–2Ivory Coast homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1977-07-100–4Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1975-09-071–1Ivory Coast homeFriendly
1974-07-140–2Nigeria homeFriendly
1967-05-072–0Ivory Coast homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1967-03-120–0Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification