Head to head

Niger vs Nigeria

If they played today

Niger at home

18% / 22% / 60%

Niger win / draw / Nigeria win

Niger–Nigeria

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.7%

Neutral venue

13% / 20% / 67%

Niger win / draw / Nigeria win

Niger–Nigeria

0–2 12.3%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
0–3 8.5%

Nigeria at home

9% / 17% / 74%

Niger win / draw / Nigeria win

Niger–Nigeria

0–2 13.8%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–1 8.0%

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

	Niger	Nigeria
Current Elo	1500	1883
Elo rank	110th	26th
Peak Elo	1532 (2025)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	260	661
All-time record	61W 62D 137L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	256	1008
Goals against	423	662
Biggest win	7–1 vs Mauritania · 1990-10-14 · African Cup of Nations qualification	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	1–9 vs Ghana · 1969-09-21 · African Cup of Nations 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	0.01	2.40

When they've met

Meetings

Niger 0W 1D 4L

Goals

1–8

Niger first

First meeting

0–1

Nigeria won · 1963-04-12 · African Friendship Games

Most recent

0–2

Nigeria won · 2015-09-08 · Friendly

Niger's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

3–1

2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most common result

0–2

Niger first · twice, last 2015-09-08

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Nigeria · since 1963-04-12

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-09-08	0–2	Nigeria home	Friendly
2012-08-15	0–0	Niger home	Friendly
2007-06-17	1–3	Niger home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2006-09-02	0–2	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1963-04-12	0–1	Neutral	African Friendship Games