Head to head

Nigeria vs Republic of Ireland

If they played today

Nigeria at home

55% / 24% / 22%

Nigeria win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Nigeria–Republic of Ireland

1–1 11.2%
1–0 11.2%
2–1 9.8%
2–0 9.7%
0–1 6.4%

Neutral venue

47% / 25% / 28%

Nigeria win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Nigeria–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.0%
1–0 10.6%
2–1 9.3%
2–0 8.1%
0–1 7.8%

Republic of Ireland at home

38% / 26% / 35%

Nigeria win / draw / Republic of Ireland win

Nigeria–Republic of Ireland

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.3%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 8.0%

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	Republic of Ireland
Current Elo	1883	1762
Elo rank	26th	48th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1927 (2002)
Matches played	661	633
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	243W 179D 211L
Goals for	1008	858
Goals against	662	769
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–0 vs Malta · 1983-11-16 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–7 vs Brazil · 1982-05-27 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.09

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 2W 1D 0L

Goals

6–2

Nigeria first

First meeting

2–1

Nigeria won · 2002-05-16 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2009-05-29 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

3–0

2004-05-29 · Unity Cup

Republic of Ireland's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Nigeria · since 2002-05-16

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2009-05-29	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2004-05-29	3–0	Neutral	Unity Cup
2002-05-16	2–1	Republic of Ireland home	Friendly