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Head to head

Nigeria vs Sierra Leone

If they played today

Nigeria at home
76% / 16% / 8%
Nigeria win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Nigeria–Sierra Leone
  • 2–0 14.2%
  • 1–0 12.3%
  • 3–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 8.8%
  • 1–1 7.6%
Neutral venue
69% / 19% / 12%
Nigeria win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Nigeria–Sierra Leone
  • 2–0 12.7%
  • 1–0 12.0%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.0%
  • 3–0 9.0%
Sierra Leone at home
62% / 22% / 17%
Nigeria win / draw / Sierra Leone win
Nigeria–Sierra Leone
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.1%
  • 1–1 10.3%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.1%

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

 NigeriaSierra Leone
Current Elo18831472
Elo rank26th122nd
Peak Elo1896 (2006)1654 (1996)
Matches played661301
All-time record311W 192D 158L91W 78D 132L
Goals for1008290
Goals against662415
Biggest win10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification5–1 vs Niger · 1976-03-07 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly0–6 vs Mali · 2007-06-17 · African Cup of Nations qualification
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.080.00
African Cup of Nations won30
Expected African Cup of Nations2.400.11

When they've met

Meetings
24
Nigeria 16W 6D 2L
Goals
48–18
Nigeria first
First meeting
2–0
Nigeria won · 1949-10-08 · Friendly
Most recent
3–2
Nigeria won · 2023-06-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Nigeria's biggest win
6–2
1976-10-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Sierra Leone's biggest win
2–0
1987-07-18 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Most common result
1–0
Nigeria first · 4 times, last 2008-06-07
Current run
Unbeaten in 7
Nigeria · since 2008-06-07
24 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2023-06-183–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
2022-06-092–1Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
2020-11-170–0Sierra Leone homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
2020-11-134–4Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
2011-02-092–1Nigeria homeFriendly
2008-10-114–1Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2008-06-071–0Sierra Leone homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2001-04-210–1Sierra Leone homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2000-06-172–0Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1987-07-180–2Sierra Leone homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1987-07-043–0Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1979-10-270–0Sierra Leone homeFriendly
1977-03-132–0Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1977-02-171–1Sierra Leone homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
1976-10-306–2Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1976-10-160–0Sierra Leone homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1972-12-124–0Nigeria homeFriendly
1972-11-261–0Sierra Leone homeFriendly
1971-12-041–0Sierra Leone homeFriendly
1971-02-131–0Nigeria homeFriendly
1968-01-274–1Nigeria homeFriendly
1967-10-141–1Sierra Leone homeFriendly
1961-04-224–1Sierra Leone homeFriendly
1949-10-082–0Sierra Leone homeFriendly