Head to head

Nigeria vs Portugal

If they played today

Nigeria at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Nigeria win / draw / Portugal win

Nigeria–Portugal

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.6%
2–1 7.5%

Neutral venue

25% / 25% / 50%

Nigeria win / draw / Portugal win

Nigeria–Portugal

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

Portugal at home

19% / 23% / 58%

Nigeria win / draw / Portugal win

Nigeria–Portugal

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.8%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 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	Portugal
Current Elo	1883	2051
Elo rank	26th	7th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	2095 (2022)
Matches played	661	700
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	351W 161D 188L
Goals for	1008	1235
Goals against	662	781
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	9–0 vs Luxembourg · 2023-09-11 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–10 vs England · 1947-05-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.36

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 0D 2L

Goals

1–6

Nigeria first

First meeting

0–4

Portugal won · 2022-11-17 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Portugal won · 2026-06-10 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Portugal

Portugal's biggest win

4–0

2022-11-17 · Friendly

Current run

Won last 2

Portugal · since 2022-11-17

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-10	1–2	Portugal home	Friendly
2022-11-17	0–4	Portugal home	Friendly