Head to head

Nigeria vs Romania

If they played today

Nigeria at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Nigeria win / draw / Romania win

Nigeria–Romania

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

52% / 24% / 24%

Nigeria win / draw / Romania win

Nigeria–Romania

1–1 11.6%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 6.9%

Romania at home

44% / 26% / 31%

Nigeria win / draw / Romania win

Nigeria–Romania

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 7.6%

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	Romania
Current Elo	1883	1699
Elo rank	26th	64th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1934 (2007)
Matches played	661	766
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	335W 195D 236L
Goals for	1008	1239
Goals against	662	977
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	9–0 vs Finland · 1973-10-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1948-06-06 · Balkan Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 0D 2L

Goals

0–5

Nigeria first

First meeting

0–2

Romania won · 1994-05-25 · Friendly

Most recent

0–3

Romania won · 2005-11-16 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Romania

Romania's biggest win

3–0

2005-11-16 · Friendly

Current run

Won last 2

Romania · since 1994-05-25

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2005-11-16	0–3	Romania home	Friendly
1994-05-25	0–2	Romania home	Friendly