Head to head

Nigeria vs Paraguay

If they played today

Nigeria at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Nigeria win / draw / Paraguay win

Nigeria–Paraguay

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

35% / 26% / 38%

Nigeria win / draw / Paraguay win

Nigeria–Paraguay

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 8.0%

Paraguay at home

28% / 25% / 46%

Nigeria win / draw / Paraguay win

Nigeria–Paraguay

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.1%
1–0 7.8%

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	Paraguay
Current Elo	1883	1901
Elo rank	26th	23rd
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1927 (2025)
Matches played	661	788
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	276W 210D 302L
Goals for	1008	1006
Goals against	662	1119
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–0 vs Hong Kong · 2010-11-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–8 vs Argentina · 1926-10-20 · Copa América
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.23

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 1D 1L

Goals

2–4

Nigeria first

First meeting

1–3

Paraguay won · 1998-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2002-03-26 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Paraguay

Paraguay's biggest win

3–1

1998-06-24 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Paraguay · since 1998-06-24

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-03-26	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
1998-06-24	1–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup