Head to head

Lesotho vs Nigeria

If they played today

Lesotho at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Lesotho win / draw / Nigeria win

Lesotho–Nigeria

0–2 12.0%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.6%
0–3 8.1%

Neutral venue

10% / 17% / 73%

Lesotho win / draw / Nigeria win

Lesotho–Nigeria

0–2 13.5%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 10.0%
1–2 9.2%
1–1 8.3%

Nigeria at home

7% / 15% / 79%

Lesotho win / draw / Nigeria win

Lesotho–Nigeria

0–2 15.0%
0–1 12.4%
0–3 12.2%
1–2 8.2%
0–4 7.4%

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	Nigeria
Current Elo	1419	1883
Elo rank	143rd	26th
Peak Elo	1509 (1970)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	296	661
All-time record	54W 94D 148L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	230	1008
Goals against	466	662
Biggest win	5–0 vs Eswatini · 2006-04-14 · Friendly	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Morocco · 2024-11-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.08
African Cup of Nations won	0	3
Expected African Cup of Nations	0.00	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Lesotho 0W 1D 5L

Goals

4–13

Lesotho first

First meeting

0–1

Nigeria won · 2006-10-08 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–2

Nigeria won · 2025-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Lesotho's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

3–0

2021-03-30 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Nigeria · since 2006-10-08

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-10-10	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2023-11-16	1–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2021-03-30	0–3	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2019-11-17	2–4	Lesotho home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2007-09-08	0–2	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2006-10-08	0–1	Lesotho home	African Cup of Nations qualification