Head to head

Nigeria vs Syria

If they played today

Nigeria at home

67% / 20% / 13%

Nigeria win / draw / Syria win

Nigeria–Syria

2–0 12.3%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.4%
3–0 8.5%

Neutral venue

60% / 22% / 18%

Nigeria win / draw / Syria win

Nigeria–Syria

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

Syria at home

52% / 24% / 24%

Nigeria win / draw / Syria win

Nigeria–Syria

1–1 11.6%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 6.9%

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	Syria
Current Elo	1883	1599
Elo rank	26th	83rd
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1719 (2017)
Matches played	661	484
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	173W 120D 191L
Goals for	1008	692
Goals against	662	638
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 1W 0D 0L

Goals

1–0

Nigeria first

First meeting

1–0

Nigeria won · 1987-01-27 · Nehru Cup

Most recent

1–0

Nigeria won · 1987-01-27 · Nehru Cup

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1987-01-27	1–0	Neutral	Nehru Cup