Head to head

Nigeria vs São Tomé and Príncipe

If they played today

Nigeria at home

91% / 8% / 2%

Nigeria win / draw / São Tomé and Príncipe win

Nigeria–São Tomé and Príncipe

2–0 18.3%
3–0 17.7%
4–0 12.9%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 7.5%

Neutral venue

86% / 11% / 3%

Nigeria win / draw / São Tomé and Príncipe win

Nigeria–São Tomé and Príncipe

2–0 17.0%
3–0 15.3%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 10.3%
2–1 6.2%

São Tomé and Príncipe at home

81% / 13% / 5%

Nigeria win / draw / São Tomé and Príncipe win

Nigeria–São Tomé and Príncipe

2–0 15.6%
3–0 13.0%
1–0 12.4%
4–0 8.1%
2–1 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	São Tomé and Príncipe
Current Elo	1883	1182
Elo rank	26th	182nd
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1481 (1976)
Matches played	661	71
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	9W 10D 52L
Goals for	1008	53
Goals against	662	182
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	3–1 vs Mauritius · 2019-10-09 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–10 vs Nigeria · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	3	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	2.40	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 2W 0D 0L

Goals

16–0

Nigeria first

First meeting

10–0

Nigeria won · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Most recent

6–0

Nigeria won · 2023-09-10 · African Cup of Nations qualification

Nigeria's biggest win

10–0

2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification

São Tomé and Príncipe's biggest win

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Never beaten Nigeria

Current run

Won last 2

Nigeria · since 2022-06-13

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-09-10	6–0	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2022-06-13	10–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification