Head to head

Nigeria vs South Korea

If they played today

Nigeria at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Nigeria win / draw / South Korea win

Nigeria–South Korea

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.5%
0–1 7.5%

Neutral venue

40% / 26% / 34%

Nigeria win / draw / South Korea win

Nigeria–South Korea

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

South Korea at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Nigeria win / draw / South Korea win

Nigeria–South Korea

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

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	South Korea
Current Elo	1883	1842
Elo rank	26th	33rd
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	661	1010
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	1008	1794
Goals against	662	917
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 2D 3L

Goals

6–9

Nigeria first

First meeting

0–1

South Korea won · 1983-06-08 · Korea Cup

Most recent

1–2

South Korea won · 2010-08-11 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

—

Never beaten South Korea

South Korea's biggest win

2–1

2010-08-11 · Friendly

Most common result

1–2

Nigeria first · twice, last 2010-08-11

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

South Korea · since 1983-06-08

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-08-11	1–2	South Korea home	Friendly
2010-06-22	2–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2001-09-16	1–2	South Korea home	Friendly
2001-09-13	2–2	South Korea home	Friendly
1983-06-08	0–1	South Korea home	Korea Cup