Head to head

Nigeria vs South Sudan

If they played today

Nigeria at home
87% / 10% / 3%
Nigeria win / draw / South Sudan win
Nigeria–South Sudan
  • 2–0 17.1%
  • 3–0 15.6%
  • 1–0 12.6%
  • 4–0 10.6%
  • 2–1 6.0%
Neutral venue
82% / 13% / 5%
Nigeria win / draw / South Sudan win
Nigeria–South Sudan
  • 2–0 15.7%
  • 3–0 13.2%
  • 1–0 12.5%
  • 4–0 8.4%
  • 2–1 7.6%
South Sudan at home
76% / 16% / 8%
Nigeria win / draw / South Sudan win
Nigeria–South Sudan
  • 2–0 14.3%
  • 1–0 12.3%
  • 3–0 11.0%
  • 2–1 8.8%
  • 1–1 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

 NigeriaSouth Sudan
Current Elo18831271
Elo rank26th172nd
Peak Elo1896 (2006)1501 (2012)
Matches played66178
All-time record311W 192D 158L12W 16D 50L
Goals for100850
Goals against662142
Biggest win10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification6–0 vs Djibouti · 2017-03-28 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly0–5 vs Senegal · 2025-10-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.080.00
African Cup of Nations won30
Expected African Cup of Nations2.400.00

When they've met

Nigeria and South Sudan have never played each other.