Head to head

Nigeria vs United States

If they played today

Nigeria at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Nigeria win / draw / United States win

Nigeria–United States

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.5%
0–1 7.5%

Neutral venue

40% / 26% / 34%

Nigeria win / draw / United States win

Nigeria–United States

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.7%

United States at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Nigeria win / draw / United States win

Nigeria–United States

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.7%
2–1 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	United States
Current Elo	1883	1842
Elo rank	26th	33rd
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1973 (2021)
Matches played	661	795
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	354W 161D 280L
Goals for	1008	1211
Goals against	662	1056
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	8–0 vs Barbados · 2008-06-15 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–11 vs Norway · 1948-08-06 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 0W 0D 2L

Goals

3–5

Nigeria first

First meeting

2–3

United States won · 1995-06-11 · USA Cup

Most recent

1–2

United States won · 2014-06-07 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

—

Never beaten United States

United States' biggest win

3–2

1995-06-11 · USA Cup

Current run

Won last 2

United States · since 1995-06-11

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2014-06-07	1–2	United States home	Friendly
1995-06-11	2–3	United States home	USA Cup