Head to head

Mauritania vs Nigeria

If they played today

Mauritania at home

15% / 21% / 64%

Mauritania win / draw / Nigeria win

Mauritania–Nigeria

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.6%
1–1 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.6%

Neutral venue

11% / 18% / 71%

Mauritania win / draw / Nigeria win

Mauritania–Nigeria

0–2 13.1%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.5%
1–2 9.4%
1–1 8.6%

Nigeria at home

7% / 15% / 77%

Mauritania win / draw / Nigeria win

Mauritania–Nigeria

0–2 14.6%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.6%
1–2 8.5%
1–1 7.2%

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

	Mauritania	Nigeria
Current Elo	1445	1883
Elo rank	130th	26th
Peak Elo	1530 (2023)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	273	661
All-time record	52W 71D 150L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	198	1008
Goals against	434	662
Biggest win	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games	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	0.02	2.40

When they've met

Mauritania and Nigeria have never played each other.