Head to head

Malta vs Nigeria

If they played today

Malta at home

11% / 19% / 70%

Malta win / draw / Nigeria win

Malta–Nigeria

0–2 12.9%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.5%
0–3 9.3%
1–1 8.8%

Neutral venue

8% / 16% / 77%

Malta win / draw / Nigeria win

Malta–Nigeria

0–2 14.5%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.3%
1–2 8.7%
1–1 7.4%

Nigeria at home

5% / 13% / 82%

Malta win / draw / Nigeria win

Malta–Nigeria

0–2 15.9%
0–3 13.5%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 8.6%
1–2 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

	Malta	Nigeria
Current Elo	1358	1883
Elo rank	155th	26th
Peak Elo	1513 (1960)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	458	661
All-time record	65W 78D 315L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	298	1008
Goals against	1027	662
Biggest win	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro 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

Malta and Nigeria have never played each other.