Head to head

Japan vs Nigeria

If they played today

Japan at home

52% / 24% / 24%

Japan win / draw / Nigeria win

Japan–Nigeria

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.2%
0–1 6.8%

Neutral venue

44% / 26% / 30%

Japan win / draw / Nigeria win

Japan–Nigeria

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 7.7%

Nigeria at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Japan win / draw / Nigeria win

Japan–Nigeria

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.1%

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

	Japan	Nigeria
Current Elo	1973	1883
Elo rank	15th	26th
Peak Elo	2012 (2026)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	794	661
All-time record	391W 167D 236L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1451	1008
Goals against	915	662
Biggest win	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.16	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Japan 1W 1D 1L

Goals

5–5

Japan first

First meeting

0–3

Nigeria won · 1995-01-06 · Confederations Cup

Most recent

3–0

Japan won · 2003-08-20 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

3–0

2003-08-20 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

3–0

1995-01-06 · Confederations Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Japan · since 2001-10-07

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-08-20	3–0	Japan home	Friendly
2001-10-07	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
1995-01-06	0–3	Neutral	Confederations Cup