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Head to head

Nigeria vs Tunisia

If they played today

Nigeria at home
63% / 21% / 16%
Nigeria win / draw / Tunisia win
Nigeria–Tunisia
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.1%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.3%
Neutral venue
55% / 24% / 22%
Nigeria win / draw / Tunisia win
Nigeria–Tunisia
  • 1–1 11.2%
  • 1–0 11.2%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 2–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 6.4%
Tunisia at home
47% / 25% / 28%
Nigeria win / draw / Tunisia win
Nigeria–Tunisia
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 1–0 10.6%
  • 2–1 9.3%
  • 2–0 8.2%
  • 0–1 7.8%

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

 NigeriaTunisia
Current Elo18831661
Elo rank26th75th
Peak Elo1896 (2006)1862 (2023)
Matches played661681
All-time record311W 192D 158L296W 189D 196L
Goals for1008976
Goals against662702
Biggest win10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification8–1 vs Djibouti · 2015-06-12 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly0–7 vs Serbia · 1960-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.080.05
African Cup of Nations won31
Expected African Cup of Nations2.402.27

When they've met

Meetings
19
Nigeria 6W 7D 6L
Goals
19–24
Nigeria first
First meeting
2–1
Nigeria won · 1961-11-25 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Most recent
3–2
Nigeria won · 2025-12-27 · African Cup of Nations
Nigeria's biggest win
4–2
2000-01-23 · African Cup of Nations
Tunisia's biggest win
5–0
1984-09-26 · Friendly
Most common result
1–1
Nigeria first · 4 times, last 2020-10-13
Current run
Won the last meeting
Nigeria · since 2025-12-27
19 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2025-12-273–2NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2022-01-230–1NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2020-10-131–1NeutralFriendly
2019-07-171–0NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2009-09-062–2Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2009-06-200–0Tunisia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2006-02-041–1NeutralAfrican Cup of Nations
2004-02-111–1Tunisia homeAfrican Cup of Nations
2000-01-234–2Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations
1997-08-090–2Tunisia homeFriendly
1992-02-221–1Tunisia homeFriendly
1985-07-200–2Tunisia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1985-07-061–0Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1984-09-260–5Tunisia homeFriendly
1980-07-122–0Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1980-06-290–2Tunisia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1977-11-120–1Nigeria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1977-09-250–0Tunisia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1961-11-252–1Nigeria homeAfrican Cup of Nations qualification