Head to head

Lesotho vs Niger

If they played today

Lesotho at home

38% / 26% / 35%

Lesotho win / draw / Niger win

Lesotho–Niger

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.3%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 8.0%

Neutral venue

31% / 26% / 43%

Lesotho win / draw / Niger win

Lesotho–Niger

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.5%

Niger at home

24% / 24% / 51%

Lesotho win / draw / Niger win

Lesotho–Niger

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 7.0%

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

	Lesotho	Niger
Current Elo	1419	1500
Elo rank	143rd	110th
Peak Elo	1509 (1970)	1532 (2025)
Matches played	296	260
All-time record	54W 94D 148L	61W 62D 137L
Goals for	230	256
Goals against	466	423
Biggest win	5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly	7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification	1–9 vs Ghana · 1969-09-21 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Neither team has qualified for a World Cup
African Cup of Nations won	0	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.00	0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Lesotho 1W 0D 1L

Goals

3–3

Lesotho first

First meeting

3–1

Lesotho won · 2007-03-25 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

0–2

Niger won · 2007-06-03 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Lesotho's biggest win

3–1

2007-03-25 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Niger's biggest win

2–0

2007-06-03 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Won the last meeting

Niger · since 2007-06-03

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2007-06-03	0–2	Niger home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2007-03-25	3–1	Lesotho home	African Cup of Nations qualification