Head to head

Nigeria vs Spain

If they played today

Nigeria at home
15% / 21% / 64%
Nigeria win / draw / Spain win
Nigeria–Spain
  • 0–1 11.7%
  • 0–2 11.6%
  • 1–1 9.9%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–3 7.7%
Neutral venue
11% / 18% / 71%
Nigeria win / draw / Spain win
Nigeria–Spain
  • 0–2 13.2%
  • 0–1 12.1%
  • 0–3 9.6%
  • 1–2 9.4%
  • 1–1 8.6%
Spain at home
7% / 15% / 78%
Nigeria win / draw / Spain win
Nigeria–Spain
  • 0–2 14.7%
  • 0–1 12.3%
  • 0–3 11.7%
  • 1–2 8.5%
  • 1–1 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

 NigeriaSpain
Current Elo18832324
Elo rank26th1st
Peak Elo1896 (2006)2324 (2026)
Matches played661791
All-time record311W 192D 158L468W 183D 140L
Goals for10081616
Goals against662704
Biggest win10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification13–0 vs Bulgaria · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly1–7 vs England · 1931-12-09 · Friendly
World Cups won02
Expected World Cups0.081.28

When they've met

Meetings
2
Nigeria 1W 0D 1L
Goals
3–5
Nigeria first
First meeting
3–2
Nigeria won · 1998-06-13 · FIFA World Cup
Most recent
0–3
Spain won · 2013-06-23 · Confederations Cup
Nigeria's biggest win
3–2
1998-06-13 · FIFA World Cup
Spain's biggest win
3–0
2013-06-23 · Confederations Cup
Current run
Won the last meeting
Spain · since 2013-06-23
2 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2013-06-230–3NeutralConfederations Cup
1998-06-133–2NeutralFIFA World Cup