Head to head

Nigeria vs Somalia

If they played today

Nigeria at home

95% / 5% / 0%

Nigeria win / draw / Somalia win

Nigeria–Somalia

3–0 20.8%
2–0 19.9%
4–0 16.4%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 10.3%

Neutral venue

91% / 7% / 1%

Nigeria win / draw / Somalia win

Nigeria–Somalia

2–0 18.6%
3–0 18.3%
4–0 13.4%
1–0 12.6%
5–0 7.9%

Somalia at home

87% / 10% / 3%

Nigeria win / draw / Somalia win

Nigeria–Somalia

2–0 17.3%
3–0 15.8%
1–0 12.6%
4–0 10.8%
5–0 6.0%

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	Somalia
Current Elo	1883	1061
Elo rank	26th	196th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1475 (1963)
Matches played	661	124
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	11W 15D 98L
Goals for	1008	62
Goals against	662	330
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	3–2 vs Djibouti · 2008-12-23 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–14 vs North Korea · 1963-11-11 · Friendly
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

Nigeria and Somalia have never played each other.