Head to head

Nicaragua vs Nigeria

If they played today

Nicaragua at home

18% / 22% / 60%

Nicaragua win / draw / Nigeria win

Nicaragua–Nigeria

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.8%

Neutral venue

13% / 19% / 68%

Nicaragua win / draw / Nigeria win

Nicaragua–Nigeria

0–2 12.4%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.3%
0–3 8.6%

Nigeria at home

9% / 17% / 75%

Nicaragua win / draw / Nigeria win

Nicaragua–Nigeria

0–2 14.0%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.6%
1–2 9.0%
1–1 7.9%

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

	Nicaragua	Nigeria
Current Elo	1491	1883
Elo rank	115th	26th
Peak Elo	1539 (2024)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	222	661
All-time record	51W 27D 144L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	234	1008
Goals against	534	662
Biggest win	7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.00	0.08

When they've met

Nicaragua and Nigeria have never played each other.