Head to head

New Zealand vs Nigeria

If they played today

New Zealand at home

30% / 26% / 44%

New Zealand win / draw / Nigeria win

New Zealand–Nigeria

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.2%
0–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

23% / 24% / 53%

New Zealand win / draw / Nigeria win

New Zealand–Nigeria

1–1 11.5%
0–1 11.0%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.3%
1–0 6.8%

Nigeria at home

18% / 22% / 60%

New Zealand win / draw / Nigeria win

New Zealand–Nigeria

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.9%
1–1 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.8%

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

	New Zealand	Nigeria
Current Elo	1689	1883
Elo rank	68th	26th
Peak Elo	1825 (2025)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	419	661
All-time record	172W 74D 173L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	733	1008
Goals against	634	662
Biggest win	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.02	0.08

When they've met

New Zealand and Nigeria have never played each other.