Head to head

Nigeria vs Venezuela

If they played today

Nigeria at home

50% / 25% / 26%

Nigeria win / draw / Venezuela win

Nigeria–Venezuela

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.8%
0–1 7.3%

Neutral venue

42% / 26% / 32%

Nigeria win / draw / Venezuela win

Nigeria–Venezuela

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.7%
1–2 7.5%

Venezuela at home

34% / 26% / 40%

Nigeria win / draw / Venezuela win

Nigeria–Venezuela

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

	Nigeria	Venezuela
Current Elo	1883	1823
Elo rank	26th	36th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1915 (2024)
Matches played	661	460
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	117W 101D 242L
Goals for	1008	483
Goals against	662	856
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	6–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-20 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–11 vs Argentina · 1975-08-10 · Copa América
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 2W 0D 0L

Goals

4–1

Nigeria first

First meeting

1–0

Nigeria won · 2003-07-26 · Friendly

Most recent

3–1

Nigeria won · 2012-11-14 · Friendly

Nigeria's biggest win

3–1

2012-11-14 · Friendly

Venezuela's biggest win

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Never beaten Nigeria

Current run

Won last 2

Nigeria · since 2003-07-26

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-11-14	3–1	Neutral	Friendly
2003-07-26	1–0	Neutral	Friendly