Head to head

Kuwait vs Nigeria

If they played today

Kuwait at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Kuwait win / draw / Nigeria win

Kuwait–Nigeria

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

Neutral venue

12% / 19% / 69%

Kuwait win / draw / Nigeria win

Kuwait–Nigeria

0–2 12.7%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
0–3 8.9%

Nigeria at home

8% / 16% / 76%

Kuwait win / draw / Nigeria win

Kuwait–Nigeria

0–2 14.2%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.0%
1–2 8.8%
1–1 7.6%

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

	Kuwait	Nigeria
Current Elo	1475	1883
Elo rank	120th	26th
Peak Elo	1800 (1977)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	684	661
All-time record	285W 179D 220L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1067	1008
Goals against	770	662
Biggest win	20–0 vs Bhutan · 2000-02-14 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Portugal · 2003-11-19 · 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

Kuwait and Nigeria have never played each other.