Head to head

Nigeria vs Sweden

If they played today

Nigeria at home

52% / 24% / 24%

Nigeria win / draw / Sweden win

Nigeria–Sweden

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.2%
0–1 6.9%

Neutral venue

44% / 26% / 30%

Nigeria win / draw / Sweden win

Nigeria–Sweden

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 7.6%

Sweden at home

36% / 26% / 38%

Nigeria win / draw / Sweden win

Nigeria–Sweden

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.4%
1–2 8.3%
2–1 8.0%

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	Sweden
Current Elo	1883	1797
Elo rank	26th	41st
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1955 (2018)
Matches played	661	1105
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	542W 234D 329L
Goals for	1008	2178
Goals against	662	1431
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	12–0 vs Latvia · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–10 vs Denmark · 1913-10-05 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.52

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 0D 2L

Goals

2–5

Nigeria first

First meeting

1–3

Sweden won · 1994-05-05 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Sweden won · 2002-06-07 · FIFA World Cup

Nigeria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Sweden

Sweden's biggest win

3–1

1994-05-05 · Friendly

Current run

Won last 2

Sweden · since 1994-05-05

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2002-06-07	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1994-05-05	1–3	Sweden home	Friendly