Head to head

Nigeria vs Norway

If they played today

Nigeria at home

34% / 26% / 39%

Nigeria win / draw / Norway win

Nigeria–Norway

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.2%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.8%

Neutral venue

27% / 25% / 47%

Nigeria win / draw / Norway win

Nigeria–Norway

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.7%

Norway at home

21% / 23% / 55%

Nigeria win / draw / Norway win

Nigeria–Norway

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

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	Norway
Current Elo	1883	2014
Elo rank	26th	11th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	2034 (2026)
Matches played	661	878
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	332W 196D 350L
Goals for	1008	1364
Goals against	662	1427
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	12–0 vs Finland · 1946-06-28 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–12 vs Denmark · 1917-10-07 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.11

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 1D 0L

Goals

2–2

Nigeria first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 1981-08-12 · Friendly

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 1981-08-12 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1981-08-12	2–2	Norway home	Friendly