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Head to head

Nigeria vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Nigeria at home
62% / 21% / 16%
Nigeria win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Nigeria–Northern Ireland
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.2%
  • 1–1 10.2%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.2%
Neutral venue
54% / 24% / 22%
Nigeria win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Nigeria–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 11.3%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 2–0 9.6%
  • 0–1 6.5%
Northern Ireland at home
46% / 25% / 28%
Nigeria win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Nigeria–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 2–0 8.1%
  • 0–1 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

 NigeriaNorthern Ireland
Current Elo18831667
Elo rank26th73rd
Peak Elo1896 (2006)1758 (1986)
Matches played661707
All-time record311W 192D 158L185W 160D 362L
Goals for1008741
Goals against6621296
Biggest win10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.080.04

When they've met

Nigeria and Northern Ireland have never played each other.