Head to head

Nigeria vs Turkey

If they played today

Nigeria at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Nigeria win / draw / Turkey win

Nigeria–Turkey

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

34% / 26% / 40%

Nigeria win / draw / Turkey win

Nigeria–Turkey

1–1 12.5%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.8%

Turkey at home

27% / 25% / 48%

Nigeria win / draw / Turkey win

Nigeria–Turkey

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.4%
1–0 7.6%

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	Turkey
Current Elo	1883	1920
Elo rank	26th	20th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1965 (2026)
Matches played	661	645
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	260W 152D 233L
Goals for	1008	902
Goals against	662	909
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–0 vs San Marino · 1996-11-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–8 vs England · 1987-10-14 · UEFA Euro qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.04

When they've met

Nigeria and Turkey have never played each other.