Head to head

Namibia vs Nigeria

If they played today

Namibia at home

14% / 20% / 65%

Namibia win / draw / Nigeria win

Namibia–Nigeria

0–2 11.9%
0–1 11.8%
1–2 9.8%
1–1 9.7%
0–3 8.0%

Neutral venue

10% / 18% / 72%

Namibia win / draw / Nigeria win

Namibia–Nigeria

0–2 13.5%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.9%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.3%

Nigeria at home

7% / 15% / 79%

Namibia win / draw / Nigeria win

Namibia–Nigeria

0–2 15.0%
0–1 12.4%
0–3 12.1%
1–2 8.3%
0–4 7.3%

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

	Namibia	Nigeria
Current Elo	1424	1883
Elo rank	142nd	26th
Peak Elo	1619 (2024)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	279	661
All-time record	70W 80D 129L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	273	1008
Goals against	397	662
Biggest win	8–2 vs Benin · 2000-07-15 · African Cup of Nations qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	2–8 vs Egypt · 2001-07-13 · FIFA World Cup 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	0.03	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Namibia 0W 1D 3L

Goals

1–8

Namibia first

First meeting

0–4

Nigeria won · 2000-09-02 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2013-06-12 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Namibia's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

4–0

2000-09-02 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Nigeria · since 2000-09-02

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-06-12	1–1	Namibia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2012-06-03	0–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-06-16	0–2	Namibia home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2000-09-02	0–4	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification