Head to head

Nigeria vs Scotland

If they played today

Nigeria at home

50% / 25% / 25%

Nigeria win / draw / Scotland win

Nigeria–Scotland

1–1 11.7%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 8.9%
0–1 7.1%

Neutral venue

42% / 26% / 32%

Nigeria win / draw / Scotland win

Nigeria–Scotland

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

Scotland at home

34% / 26% / 39%

Nigeria win / draw / Scotland win

Nigeria–Scotland

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.5%
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	Scotland
Current Elo	1883	1815
Elo rank	26th	37th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1875 (2023)
Matches played	661	854
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	403W 182D 269L
Goals for	1008	1455
Goals against	662	1054
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 1W 1D 0L

Goals

4–3

Nigeria first

First meeting

2–1

Nigeria won · 2002-04-17 · Friendly

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2014-05-28 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

2–1

2002-04-17 · Friendly

Scotland's biggest win

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Never beaten Nigeria

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Nigeria · since 2002-04-17

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-05-28	2–2	Neutral	Friendly
2002-04-17	2–1	Scotland home	Friendly