Head to head

Maldives vs Nigeria

If they played today

Maldives at home

2% / 8% / 90%

Maldives win / draw / Nigeria win

Maldives–Nigeria

0–2 18.1%
0–3 17.4%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 12.5%
0–5 7.2%

Neutral venue

1% / 6% / 94%

Maldives win / draw / Nigeria win

Maldives–Nigeria

0–3 19.9%
0–2 19.4%
0–4 15.3%
0–1 12.6%
0–5 9.4%

Nigeria at home

0% / 4% / 96%

Maldives win / draw / Nigeria win

Maldives–Nigeria

0–3 21.1%
0–2 19.3%
0–4 17.2%
0–1 11.8%
0–5 11.3%

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

	Maldives	Nigeria
Current Elo	997	1883
Elo rank	205th	26th
Peak Elo	1450 (1979)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	233	661
All-time record	63W 38D 132L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	277	1008
Goals against	526	662
Biggest win	12–0 vs Mongolia · 2003-12-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–17 vs Iran · 1997-06-02 · FIFA World Cup qualification	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.08

When they've met

Maldives and Nigeria have never played each other.