Head to head

Nigeria vs Russia

If they played today

Nigeria at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Nigeria win / draw / Russia win

Nigeria–Russia

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

40% / 26% / 34%

Nigeria win / draw / Russia win

Nigeria–Russia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.8%

Russia at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Nigeria win / draw / Russia win

Nigeria–Russia

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.7%
2–1 7.5%

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	Russia
Current Elo	1883	1845
Elo rank	26th	31st
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	661	749
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	1008	1301
Goals against	662	735
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.73

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 1D 0L

Goals

1–1

Nigeria first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2025-06-06 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2025-06-06 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-06-06	1–1	Russia home	Friendly