Head to head

Nigeria vs North Korea

If they played today

Nigeria at home

74% / 17% / 9%

Nigeria win / draw / North Korea win

Nigeria–North Korea

2–0 13.9%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.6%
2–1 9.0%
1–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

67% / 20% / 13%

Nigeria win / draw / North Korea win

Nigeria–North Korea

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

North Korea at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Nigeria win / draw / North Korea win

Nigeria–North Korea

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

	Nigeria	North Korea
Current Elo	1883	1494
Elo rank	26th	114th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1779 (1980)
Matches played	661	390
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	162W 106D 122L
Goals for	1008	628
Goals against	662	435
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.03

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 1W 0D 0L

Goals

3–1

Nigeria first

First meeting

3–1

Nigeria won · 2010-06-06 · Friendly

Most recent

3–1

Nigeria won · 2010-06-06 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-06-06	3–1	Neutral	Friendly