Head to head

Nigeria vs Senegal

If they played today

Nigeria at home

45% / 26% / 29%

Nigeria win / draw / Senegal win

Nigeria–Senegal

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

37% / 26% / 37%

Nigeria win / draw / Senegal win

Nigeria–Senegal

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

Senegal at home

30% / 26% / 45%

Nigeria win / draw / Senegal win

Nigeria–Senegal

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 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	Senegal
Current Elo	1883	1881
Elo rank	26th	27th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1953 (2026)
Matches played	661	642
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	299W 169D 174L
Goals for	1008	892
Goals against	662	608
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–0 vs Kenya · 2025-11-18 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–5 vs Guinea · 1966-03-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.04
African Cup of Nations won	3	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	2.40	1.85

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 10W 4D 5L

Goals

27–20

Nigeria first

First meeting

4–0

Nigeria won · 1963-02-27 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Senegal won · 2019-06-16 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

4–0

1963-02-27 · Friendly

Senegal's biggest win

5–1

1963-04-14 · African Friendship Games

Most common result

1–0

Nigeria first · 4 times, last 2006-02-09

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Senegal · since 2017-03-23

19 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2019-06-16	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2017-03-23	1–1	Neutral	Friendly
2006-02-09	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2006-01-31	2–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2002-10-12	2–2	Senegal home	Friendly
2002-02-07	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2000-02-07	2–1	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations
1992-01-12	2–1	Senegal home	African Cup of Nations
1990-01-28	1–1	Nigeria home	Friendly
1983-11-19	1–0	Senegal home	Friendly
1983-11-15	1–0	Nigeria home	Friendly
1979-09-29	2–0	Senegal home	Friendly
1977-06-26	3–0	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1977-06-12	1–3	Senegal home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1975-04-27	0–1	Senegal home	Friendly
1975-02-22	1–1	Nigeria home	Friendly
1975-02-02	1–0	Senegal home	Friendly
1963-04-14	1–5	Senegal home	African Friendship Games
1963-02-27	4–0	Neutral	Friendly