Head to head

Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Nigeria at home

59% / 22% / 18%

Nigeria win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Nigeria–Saudi Arabia

1–0 11.5%
1–1 10.6%
2–0 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.6%

Neutral venue

51% / 24% / 24%

Nigeria win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Nigeria–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.0%
0–1 7.0%

Saudi Arabia at home

43% / 26% / 31%

Nigeria win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Nigeria–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1883	1705
Elo rank	26th	62nd
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	661	744
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	1008	1139
Goals against	662	782
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 2D 0L

Goals

2–2

Nigeria first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2010-05-25 · Friendly

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2023-10-13 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Current run

Drawn last 2

since 2010-05-25

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-10-13	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
2010-05-25	0–0	Neutral	Friendly