Head to head

Nigeria vs Sudan

If they played today

Nigeria at home

75% / 16% / 8%

Nigeria win / draw / Sudan win

Nigeria–Sudan

2–0 14.2%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 10.9%
2–1 8.8%
1–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

69% / 19% / 12%

Nigeria win / draw / Sudan win

Nigeria–Sudan

2–0 12.7%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
3–0 8.9%

Sudan at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Nigeria win / draw / Sudan win

Nigeria–Sudan

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

	Nigeria	Sudan
Current Elo	1883	1476
Elo rank	26th	118th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1665 (1970)
Matches played	661	469
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	151W 118D 200L
Goals for	1008	508
Goals against	662	634
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	6–0 vs Yemen · 1974-09-28 · Kuneitra Cup
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–8 vs South Korea · 1979-09-08 · Korea Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	3	1
Expected African Cup of Nations	2.40	1.02

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 8W 4D 2L

Goals

28–14

Nigeria first

First meeting

0–4

Sudan won · 1963-11-28 · African Cup of Nations

Most recent

3–1

Nigeria won · 2022-01-15 · African Cup of Nations

Nigeria's biggest win

4–0

2001-07-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Sudan's biggest win

4–0

1963-11-28 · African Cup of Nations

Most common result

3–1

Nigeria first · twice, last 2022-01-15

Current run

Won last 2

Nigeria · since 2014-10-15

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-01-15	3–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2014-10-15	3–1	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2014-10-11	0–1	Sudan home	African Cup of Nations qualification
2008-01-09	2–0	Neutral	Friendly
2001-07-01	4–0	Sudan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-01-27	3–0	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1993-04-23	4–0	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1992-08-16	0–0	Sudan home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1976-03-04	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
1973-04-21	2–1	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1973-04-13	1–1	Sudan home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1969-10-03	3–3	Sudan home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1969-09-13	2–2	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1963-11-28	0–4	Neutral	African Cup of Nations